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$44.55
-0.22%

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International developed and emerging market weakness pulls XEQT down 0.22% as Canadian materials cushion the decline

XEQT closed down 0.22% at $44.55, with three of four sleeves declining as a fresh wave of technology selling spread from Asian markets into Europe. The international developed sleeve was the single largest drag, contributing -0.157 percentage points, while emerging markets added -0.064 pp on steep losses in South Korean and Taiwanese equities. Canada provided the only positive offset, rising 0.31% on gold-driven strength in materials, and the U.S. sleeve fell a modest 0.24% despite significant intra-market divergence between health care gains and renewed pressure on semiconductor and industrial stocks.

How large is today's move?

Typical day · Today's -0.22% move is 0.3× 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

    25.11% of XEQT

    • XIC.TO
    +0.31% +0.08 pts to XEQT

    Canada's 0.31% gain was built almost entirely on materials and information technology. Gold's 1.37% rise lifted Canadian materials to a +0.92% return, the sleeve's largest within-sleeve contributor at +0.147 pp. Information technology added +0.076 pp. Financials and energy both slipped, reflecting lower oil prices, but their combined drag was more than offset by the commodity-driven advance elsewhere on the TSX.

    Canada market region icon

  • United States

    45.28% of XEQT

    • XTOT.TO
    • ITOT
    -0.24% -0.11 pts from XEQT

    The U.S. sleeve fell 0.24%, masking sharp divergence beneath the surface. Technology dropped 1.87% and industrials fell 1.59%, together subtracting more than 0.82 pp from within-sleeve returns, while health care surged 3.03% and added +0.286 pp. Seven of the tracked sectors finished higher, limiting what could have been a much steeper decline. Currency translation was immaterial, with CAD/USD essentially flat on the day.

    United States market region icon

  • Intl Developed

    24.49% of XEQT

    • XEF.TO
    -0.64% -0.16 pts from XEQT

    XEF.TO fell 0.64%, the session's largest sleeve drag at -0.157 pp to XEQT. European markets declined broadly as renewed uncertainty around artificial intelligence and technology weighed on sentiment, with the Netherlands down 1.75% and Germany losing 1.07% among the areas tracked. Japan fell 0.63%, consistent with the overnight Asian selloff. Australia was the notable exception, edging up 0.14%.

    Intl Developed market region icon

  • Emerging Mrkts

    5.04% of XEQT

    • XEC.TO
    -1.27% -0.06 pts from XEQT

    XEC.TO declined 1.27%, though its 5% sleeve weight limited the XEQT impact to -0.064 pp. South Korean equities fell sharply as foreign and institutional selling accelerated amid concerns over AI investment and memory semiconductor demand, while Taiwanese equities suffered one of their steepest point declines on record as electronics stocks were hit hard. Brazil and India provided partial offsets, rising 1.43% and 0.26% respectively among the markets tracked.

    Emerging Markets market region icon

Colored bars represent biggest contributors to XEQT's move today (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

Three of four sleeves declined, yet the net result was a modest 0.22% move, well below the recent 20-day average of 0.73%. Canada's materials and technology gains absorbed a meaningful share of the pressure, while the U.S. sleeve held through a strong rotation into health care that offset deep losses in technology and industrials. The session illustrates how cross-regional and cross-sector offsets can contain damage even when the headline story is broad weakness. Emerging markets remain the quarter's standout sleeve despite the sharp Friday pullback.

Signals

  • 01

    Korea and Taiwan tech rout deepens

    South Korean equities dropped roughly 6% on the session as concerns over AI spending and memory chip demand triggered heavy institutional selling, while Taiwanese equities posted their third-steepest point decline in history. Together these two markets account for roughly half the emerging markets sleeve, concentrating the damage in a small but meaningful share of XEQT.

  • 02

    Gold lifts materials, oil weighs energy

    Gold rose 1.37% on the day, lifting Canadian materials 0.92% and making it the top within-sleeve contributor inside the Canada allocation. This divergence from energy, which fell 0.35% alongside a 2.34% decline in WTI crude oil, illustrates how commodity-sector composition shaped Canada's Friday outcome and separated it from the weakness seen elsewhere.

  • 03

    Health care offsets U.S. tech pressure

    U.S. health care surged 3.03%, adding +0.286 pp within the sleeve and largely neutralizing losses from technology and industrials to keep the U.S. return at just -0.24%. For an XEQT holder, this cross-sector rotation inside the largest sleeve prevented a broad global selloff from translating into a sharper fund-level decline.

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