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$45.55
+0.20%

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XEQT gains 0.20% as international and emerging markets advance while Canada's materials sector retreats.

XEQT closed at $45.55, up 0.20%, as three of four sleeves advanced and international developed markets provided the largest positive contribution at 0.042 percentage points. Canada was the sole detractor, held back by a sharp pullback in materials and energy that overshadowed strength in financials. In the U.S., an AI-led rebound pushed technology sharply higher and helped offset losses in health care and consumer staples, though the blended sleeve return of 0.07% was restrained by currency effects. Part of today's overall move may reflect U.S. sleeve catch-up after the prior U.S. market closure.

How large is today's move?

Typical day · Today's +0.20% 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

    24.86% of XEQT

    • XIC.TO
    -0.18% -0.04 pts from XEQT

    Canada's sleeve fell 0.18%, subtracting 0.044 percentage points from XEQT, as materials declined 2.16% and energy dropped 1.16% within the tracked exposures. Financials, the sleeve's largest sector at roughly 36% of Canada's weight, rose 1.07% and nearly offset those losses, but not quite. Gold edged higher on the day while crude was nearly flat, suggesting the materials weakness was concentrated in equities rather than driven uniformly by commodity prices.

    Canada market region icon

  • United States

    45.74% of XEQT

    • XTOT.TO
    • ITOT
    +0.07% +0.03 pts to XEQT

    The U.S. sleeve returned 0.07%, adding 0.033 percentage points to XEQT. Technology rose 1.65% among the sectors tracked, with AI names leading, while health care fell 1.09% and consumer staples dropped 1.05%, creating a wide internal divergence. The CAD-listed XTOT returned -0.38% while the USD-listed ITOT, translated into Canadian dollars, returned +0.84%, a gap of 1.21 percentage points that reflects the Canadian dollar's slight weakening against the U.S. dollar on the day.

    United States market region icon

  • Intl Developed

    24.44% of XEQT

    • XEF.TO
    +0.17% +0.04 pts to XEQT

    The international developed sleeve rose 0.17%, contributing 0.042 percentage points, driven primarily by Japan, which advanced 2.29% among the tracked markets and accounted for the bulk of the sleeve's gain given its roughly 25% weight. The Netherlands and Sweden also posted solid gains within covered exposures. European markets were mixed, with the DAX holding near recent highs and Spanish equities slipping, while London's miners weighed on the FTSE despite financial stocks gaining.

    Intl Developed market region icon

  • Emerging Mrkts

    4.81% of XEQT

    • XEC.TO
    +0.18% +0.01 pts to XEQT

    Emerging markets rose 0.18%, adding 0.008 percentage points to XEQT. South Korea surged 5.39% among the tracked markets, the strongest single-country move of the session, followed by Taiwan at 2.30% and China at 2.18%. India added 0.65% and Brazil 1.42% within covered exposures. The broad advance across the sleeve's largest constituents was consistent with the global rebound in chip and technology-linked equities.

    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 finished in positive territory, yet the fund's 0.20% gain came in well below its recent 20-day average absolute move of 0.62%, reflecting offsetting forces rather than a broad surge. Canada's materials and energy sectors gave back ground even as its financials advanced, a split that kept the sleeve slightly negative without derailing the overall result. With XEQT now up five consecutive sessions, the current price sits just 0.31% below its 52-week high, suggesting the recent run has been measured and accumulative rather than volatile.

Signals

  • 01

    CAD/USD gap widens U.S. sleeve spread

    XTOT, the CAD-listed U.S. sleeve component, returned -0.38% while ITOT translated into Canadian dollars returned +0.84%, a gap of 1.21 percentage points. For XEQT holders, this divergence is a reminder that the fund's U.S. sleeve return is expressed in Canadian dollars, and a weakening loonie can meaningfully lift the translated return of USD-denominated assets even on days when the CAD-listed version lags.

  • 02

    South Korea chip rebound leads EM surge

    South Korean equities rose 5.39% among the tracked emerging market exposures, by far the largest single-country move in the fund on the day, consistent with the global rebound in semiconductor and AI-related names. The emerging markets sleeve carries roughly 4.81% of XEQT, so the contribution was modest in absolute terms, but the magnitude of the South Korea move signals that the late-June chip rout has continued to partially reverse.

  • 03

    Canadian materials diverge from gold price

    Canadian materials fell 2.16% among the tracked sectors while gold rose 1.19% on the day, an unusual divergence between the commodity and the equities that mine it. Within the Canada sleeve, materials and energy together subtracted roughly 0.55 percentage points at the sleeve level, nearly overwhelming the 0.38-percentage-point contribution from financials.

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