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Midday Edition. Wednesday, June 10, 2026

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-0.86%

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XEQT falls 0.86% at midday as tech losses and Middle East tensions pull all four sleeves lower

XEQT is down 0.86% at midday, with all four regional sleeves in the red as renewed U.S.-Iran hostilities and continued technology weakness combined to pull the fund lower. The U.S. sleeve has been the heaviest drag, contributing approximately 0.49 percentage points of the decline, as technology fell 1.64% and industrials dropped 2.59% among the sectors tracked. The VIX, a gauge of expected near-term equity volatility in U.S. markets, has risen 13.8%, reinforcing the risk-off character of the session. WTI crude oil is up 3.2%, which has helped energy sectors in both Canada and the U.S. partially offset losses elsewhere, but not enough to change the overall direction.

How large is this afternoon's move?

Typical day · This afternoon's -0.86% move is 1.2× the 20-day average move.

This scale measures size, not what to do. Larger moves are a normal part of holding a global all-equity fund.

The Regions

  • Canada

    25.26% of XEQT

    • XIC.TO
    -0.40% -0.10 pts from XEQT

    The Canadian sleeve is down 0.40%, contributing about 0.10 percentage points to XEQT's decline. The move reflects a sharp internal split: materials have fallen 3.31% among sectors tracked, likely weighed down by gold's 3.3% drop on the day, while energy has risen 2.21% as oil prices surge. Financials, the sleeve's largest tracked component at 34.5%, are nearly flat, limiting the overall damage.

    Canada market region icon

  • United States

    45.11% of XEQT

    • XTOT.TO
    • ITOT
    -1.08% -0.49 pts from XEQT

    The U.S. sleeve is down 1.08%, accounting for the majority of XEQT's midday loss. Technology and industrials are the clearest drags among the areas tracked, falling 1.64% and 2.59% respectively, as a second consecutive day of tech selling intersects with geopolitical unease. Consumer staples and energy are providing some offset, each advancing more than 1%, but the losses in growth-oriented sectors dominate.

    United States market region icon

  • Intl Developed

    24.43% of XEQT

    • XEF.TO
    -0.97% -0.24 pts from XEQT

    XEF.TO is down 0.97%, contributing 0.24 percentage points to XEQT's decline. Among the markets tracked, Japan fell 1.39% and Germany dropped 1.51%, with the DAX approaching the 24,000 level as renewed U.S.-Iran exchanges unnerved European investors. The UK's FTSE hovered near three-week lows. Australia was the sole bright spot among the areas tracked, rising 0.41%.

    Intl Developed market region icon

  • Emerging Mrkts

    4.89% of XEQT

    • XEC.TO
    -1.06% -0.05 pts from XEQT

    The emerging markets sleeve is down 1.06%, though its smaller 4.89% weight limits the contribution to about 0.05 percentage points. Taiwan-listed equities fell 2.05% and South Korean equities dropped 1.32% among the areas tracked, with Korea's exchange operator activating a sell-side circuit breaker on the KOSPI amid the sharp decline. India was nearly flat, down 0.09%, providing a modest counterweight.

    Emerging Markets market region icon

Colored bars represent biggest contributors to XEQT's move this afternoon (threshold = ±0.1 percentage points). Returns are daily ETF price moves for tracked regional or sector categories and may differ slightly from raw index movements.

The Hold Line

The session's breadth tells a clear story about where XEQT's risk is concentrated: the U.S. sleeve, at just over 45% of the fund, supplied more than half of the day's -0.86% decline, amplified by technology and industrials moving in the same direction at the same time. The VIX's 13.8% rise points to a genuine shift in sentiment, not a routine wobble. What the data also shows is that energy, both Canadian and U.S., provided a partial offset, a reminder that sector dispersion within a sleeve can matter meaningfully on a day like this. The fund's 3-month return of 7.55% has not been undone; the question is whether Middle East tensions continue to pressure the growth-oriented parts of the portfolio.

Signals

  • 01

    VIX spikes 14% as risk-off broadens

    The VIX, which measures the market's expectation for near-term swings in U.S. equities, has climbed 13.8% to 21.53, its most significant single-session move in recent weeks. When the VIX rises this sharply across a session where all four sleeves decline simultaneously, it reflects broad-based investor caution rather than isolated sector rotation. For a long-term XEQT holder, an elevated VIX raises the possibility of continued short-term pressure, particularly in the fund's largest and most growth-heavy sleeve.

  • 02

    Gold drops sharply as crude surges

    Gold has fallen 3.3% while WTI crude oil has surged 3.2%, a combination that is pulling Canadian materials sharply lower while lifting energy stocks, creating one of the sharpest within-sleeve splits in recent sessions. This internal tug-of-war has limited the Canada sleeve's overall loss to 0.40% despite materials declining 3.31% among sectors tracked. The divergence is worth watching: if oil strength persists while gold continues to retreat, Canadian energy could become a more meaningful offset to U.S. and international weakness.

  • 03

    Korea circuit breaker flags EM stress

    South Korea's exchange operator activated a sell-side circuit breaker on the KOSPI, a mechanism triggered when a market falls rapidly enough to warrant a temporary trading pause, reflecting the severity of the session's pressure on Northeast Asian equities. Taiwan-listed equities fell 2.05% and South Korean equities fell 1.32% among the areas tracked within the emerging markets sleeve, together accounting for most of that sleeve's loss. Given that these two markets represent roughly 48% of the covered emerging markets exposure, continued tech-related selling in global markets would be the area most directly affecting XEC.TO's near-term path.

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