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$45.22
+1.21%

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US-Iran peace deal sends XEQT up 1.21% early, with all four sleeves rising and technology leading the advance

XEQT was trading at $45.22 in early trading, up 1.21%, after Washington and Tehran reached a preliminary deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. All four sleeves were advancing, with the U.S. contributing the most, roughly 0.67 percentage points, driven by technology. Emerging markets, though the smallest sleeve by weight, were putting up the session's strongest percentage return at 2.60%, led by sharp gains in South Korean and Taiwanese equities. During the session XEQT set a new 52-week high of $45.34 before pulling back to $45.22, still well above the previous record of $45.06.

How large is this morning's move?

Larger-than-usual day · This morning's +1.21% move is 1.5× 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
    +0.91% +0.23 pts to XEQT

    Canada's XIC sleeve was up 0.91%, a solid gain that obscures a sharp divergence underneath. Canadian materials surged 6.47% among the sectors tracked, the single largest within-sleeve contributor, consistent with a 3.35% rise in gold prices. That gain more than offset a steep 3.82% drop in Canadian energy, as oil prices fell sharply on the Hormuz reopening news.

    Canada market region icon

  • United States

    45.13% of XEQT

    • XTOT.TO
    • ITOT
    +1.49% +0.67 pts to XEQT

    The U.S. sleeve was up 1.49% and supplying the bulk of XEQT's early gain. U.S. technology rose 3.23% among the sectors tracked, accounting for most of the sleeve's advance, with consumer discretionary and industrials adding further support. U.S. energy fell 3.87% in line with the crude oil move, but its 3.4% share of the sleeve limited the drag.

    United States market region icon

  • Intl Developed

    24.61% of XEQT

    • XEF.TO
    +0.83% +0.20 pts to XEQT

    XEF was gaining 0.83% early, with European markets broadly higher after the US-Iran agreement, including the STOXX 600 reaching an all-time high. Japan was the largest positive contributor among the markets tracked, rising 1.71%, while Germany and France also added meaningfully. The UK and Sweden were modest drags within the tracked coverage.

    Intl Developed market region icon

  • Emerging Mrkts

    4.97% of XEQT

    • XEC.TO
    +2.60% +0.13 pts to XEQT

    XEC was the strongest sleeve percentage-wise, up 2.60%, as South Korean equities surged more than 5% on the Hormuz deal, with semiconductor-related names among the leaders. Taiwan-listed equities were also sharply higher, up 3.20% among the markets tracked. India and South Africa added further broad support, while the Gulf-linked markets tracked here were modestly lower.

    Emerging Markets market region icon

Colored bars represent biggest contributors to XEQT's move this morning (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 is notable not for its size but for its character: a geopolitical resolution simultaneously lifting equities, compressing oil prices, and reducing the VIX points to a repricing of risk rather than a routine trend day. Four sleeves moving in the same direction for a coherent macro reason is a different kind of breadth than four sleeves drifting higher on thin volume. Canada's gain despite a steep energy decline, covered later, illustrates how sector composition within a sleeve can absorb a sharp commodity move and still produce a positive result. Long-term holders can read this session as evidence that XEQT's geographic spread distributes exposure to exactly these kinds of asymmetric shocks.

Signals

  • 01

    Oil drops 5% on Hormuz reopening

    WTI crude oil, which reflects the global benchmark price for oil, fell 5.47% to $80.24, its lowest level since March, after the US-Iran interim deal signalled a return of Hormuz shipping lanes. For XEQT holders, this explains the sharp split within Canada and the U.S. between energy and other sectors, and why the fund's overall gain is broader than energy-linked exposures alone.

  • 02

    VIX drops 15% as risk recedes

    The VIX, a gauge of expected near-term swings in U.S. equities, fell 15.53% to 16.42 in early trading, a move consistent with a meaningful shift in perceived geopolitical risk across markets simultaneously. When the VIX drops this sharply, it tends to lift equities broadly rather than in rotation, which aligns with the all-four-sleeves-positive pattern visible in XEQT's early session.

  • 03

    Gold lifts materials as energy falls

    Canadian materials rose 6.47% among the sectors tracked, the sharpest single-sector move in the Canadian sleeve, while gold climbed 3.35% and Canadian energy fell 3.82%, creating a stark internal split. This divergence within a single sleeve, where one commodity sector surges as another retreats sharply, compressed Canada's net gain to 0.91% despite a very large gross move in materials.

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