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Midday Edition. Thursday, June 11, 2026

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$43.81
+0.90%

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XEQT rises 0.90% at midday as all four regional sleeves advance on a tech rebound and broad commodity strength

XEQT is up 0.90% at midday, with all four sleeves advancing and the gain distributed broadly across geographies. The international developed sleeve is contributing 0.30 pp, the U.S. sleeve 0.33 pp, and Canada 0.19 pp, while emerging markets add a further 0.09 pp despite their smaller weight. Wall Street is reclaiming ground lost earlier in the week as AI and chip-related stocks rebound, according to reports from Thursday morning, reversing the selling that had dragged U.S. benchmarks lower on Wednesday. Canada's TSX is up nearly 300 points, led by energy and base metals, while European markets are navigating the European Central Bank's first rate increase in roughly three years alongside ongoing Middle East tensions.

How large is this afternoon's move?

Typical day · This afternoon's +0.90% 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

    25.41% of XEQT

    • XIC.TO
    +0.73% +0.19 pts to XEQT

    The Canadian sleeve is up 0.73%, contributing 0.19 pp to XEQT. Materials and energy are doing the heavy lifting: Canadian materials equities are up 2.08% and energy names are up 1.80% among the sectors tracked, together accounting for the bulk of the sleeve's gain. Financials, the largest sector by weight, added only modestly at 0.16%, while technology and real estate are slightly negative.

    Canada market region icon

  • United States

    44.92% of XEQT

    • XTOT.TO
    • ITOT
    +0.72% +0.33 pts to XEQT

    The U.S. sleeve is up 0.72%, contributing 0.33 pp. Technology is the clearest driver among the sectors tracked, up 0.93%, while industrials added 1.43%. A weaker Canadian dollar amplified the return from USD-denominated holdings: the raw U.S. equity gain of 0.30% translated to roughly 0.77% in Canadian dollar terms, with CAD/USD falling 0.46% on the day. Financials slipped 0.18%, a mild offset.

    United States market region icon

  • Intl Developed

    24.43% of XEQT

    • XEF.TO
    +1.24% +0.30 pts to XEQT

    XEF.TO is the session's strongest major sleeve at 1.24%, contributing 0.30 pp. Among the markets tracked, the Netherlands is up 1.83%, Switzerland 0.97%, Japan 0.92%, and the UK 0.81%. European markets are advancing despite the ECB raising rates for the first time in roughly three years, a decision driven by inflation pressures tied to the Iran conflict, with Middle East tensions keeping overall enthusiasm measured.

    Intl Developed market region icon

  • Emerging Mrkts

    4.87% of XEQT

    • XEC.TO
    +1.87% +0.09 pts to XEQT

    The emerging markets sleeve is up 1.87%, though its 4.87% weight limits the XEQT contribution to 0.09 pp. South Korean equities are up 5.17% and Taiwanese equities rose 1.71% among the areas tracked, driving the sleeve's outperformance. China is down 1.03% and India fell 0.71%, partially offsetting those gains, but the strength from the two largest tracked positions more than compensates.

    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

Thursday's session is notable for what it reveals about where XEQT's momentum is actually coming from. The largest single source of contribution at midday is not the two heavyweight sleeves, Canada and the United States, but the combination of international developed markets and a surprisingly strong move in emerging markets, particularly South Korean and Taiwanese equities. When three of four regional sleeves exceed 1%, the result is a fund-level gain that is broad rather than concentrated. A weakening Canadian dollar added a quiet tailwind to USD-denominated holdings, widening the gap between raw U.S. equity returns and what Canadian investors are actually capturing.

Signals

  • 01

    South Korea surges within EM sleeve

    South Korean equities have surged 5.17% in the areas tracked within the emerging markets sleeve, by far the largest single-country move in the fund's coverage set today. While the small EM sleeve weight caps the XEQT contribution at 0.09 pp, a move of this magnitude in a single country is unusual and worth watching for what it may signal about appetite for Northeast Asian technology and semiconductor names.

  • 02

    Weaker CAD amplifies U.S. sleeve returns

    The Canadian dollar has weakened 0.46% against the U.S. dollar, which mechanically lifts the translated value of all USD-denominated holdings inside XEQT. For Canadian investors, this currency move added roughly 0.46 percentage points to what U.S. equities returned in local terms, meaning a portion of the U.S. sleeve's contribution reflects currency rather than equity gains.

  • 03

    VIX rises as equities advance broadly

    The VIX, a measure of expected near-term swings in U.S. equity prices derived from options markets, is up 7.30% to 21.32, even as equities advance across all four sleeves. A rising VIX alongside positive equity returns suggests the options market is pricing in continued uncertainty, likely related to Middle East tensions and the AI stock volatility that has characterized recent sessions.

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