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Midday Edition. Friday, June 12, 2026

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$44.64
+0.54%

Headline

All four XEQT sleeves advance on Middle East peace hopes and a broad commodity rebound.

XEQT advanced 0.54% in midday trading, driven equally by all four regional sleeves. Canadian materials jumped 3.35% and financials gained 0.74%, contributing 0.195 percentage points to the fund's return. The U.S. sleeve rose 0.53%, with technology and financials posting gains of 0.89% and 1.07%, respectively. International developed markets and emerging markets each advanced by 0.45% and 0.56%, with Japan and India leading their respective regions. The gains coincided with oil prices falling 3.51% on hopes for a Middle East peace agreement.

How large is this afternoon's move?

Typical day · This afternoon's +0.54% move is 0.6× 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

    25.22% of XEQT

    • XIC.TO
    +0.77% +0.20 pts to XEQT

    The TSX surged 0.77% on strength concentrated in base metals and financials. Materials outpaced the sleeve with a 3.35% gain, likely driven by higher copper and gold prices as Middle East tensions eased. Financials added 0.259 percentage points, offsetting modest weakness in technology, energy, and utilities. The combination of falling oil prices and rising precious metals supported the breadth of the Canadian advance.

    Canada market region icon

  • United States

    45.13% of XEQT

    • XTOT.TO
    • ITOT
    +0.53% +0.24 pts to XEQT

    The U.S. sleeve advanced 0.53%, led by technology stocks gaining 0.89% and financials rising 1.07%. Lower oil prices and Middle East diplomatic progress buoyed risk appetite. Weakness in consumer discretionary, health care, and communication services offset these gains but remained modest. The fund benefited from a 0.10 percentage point boost as the Canadian dollar weakened against the U.S. currency.

    United States market region icon

  • Intl Developed

    24.61% of XEQT

    • XEF.TO
    +0.45% +0.11 pts to XEQT

    European bourses rallied as oil prices fell, with major indexes up more than 1%. Japan posted 0.57% gains, while Australia, the UK, and Spain each advanced. Switzerland and Germany saw minor declines. The collective move of 0.45% reflects the region's sensitivity to energy prices and its relative stability despite modest headwinds in some developed markets.

    Intl Developed market region icon

  • Emerging Mrkts

    4.97% of XEQT

    • XEC.TO
    +0.56% +0.03 pts to XEQT

    The emerging markets sleeve gained 0.56%, led by India rising 1.28% and the United Arab Emirates surging 2.65%. China advanced 0.59%, and South Africa gained 0.86%, while South Korea edged 0.38% lower. Taiwan's modest 0.26% gain reflected mixed sentiment, consistent with the sleeve's diversified exposure across rapidly shifting sentiment in commodity-sensitive and growth-oriented markets.

    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 breadth of today's gain across all four sleeves reflects a synchronized move consistent with falling oil prices and Middle East diplomatic optimism rather than idiosyncratic strength. The fund remains 27.6% above its 52-week low and up 1.46% over the rolling month, grounding this session within a steady uptrend. For a long-term holder, modest days like this cement the case for patience.

Signals

  • 01

    Oil falls 3.51% on Middle East talks

    Oil prices fell 3.51%, a move large enough to ease energy inflation concerns and lift both commodity-sensitive nations like Canada and energy-importing economies across Europe and Asia. For XEQT holders, lower energy costs traditionally support growth equities and reduce defensive safe-haven demand, consistent with today's broad advance across all four sleeves.

  • 02

    U.S. tech rallies, discretionary lags

    Within the U.S. sleeve, technology gained 0.89% while consumer discretionary declined 0.45%, diverging from typical patterns where falling oil prices lift consumer spending power. The strength in technology and weakness in discretionary suggest that capital market optimism and SpaceX's Wall Street debut dominated sector rotation today rather than demand-side relief.

  • 03

    Canadian materials far outpace energy

    Canada's 0.77% gain was anchored entirely in materials, which jumped 3.35%, while energy fell 0.53% despite lower oil prices. Gold prices rose 2.89%, explaining the materials strength, while the energy decline reflects temporary profit-taking rather than structural concern. This divergence within commodities is normal and reinforces the value of sector diversification within a single regional sleeve.

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