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Close Edition. Tuesday, July 14, 2026

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$45.00
-0.02%

Headline

XEQT finishes near flat as U.S. health care losses outweigh gains elsewhere

XEQT closed at $45.00, down 0.02%, as a softer-than-expected U.S. inflation reading shaped the session's contours without delivering a clean directional outcome. The U.S. sleeve declined 0.31%, accounting for most of the fund's modest drag, even as U.S. technology advanced strongly. Canada, international developed markets, and emerging markets all finished in the green, with emerging markets the standout at plus 1.04%. A surprise rebound in South Korean equities and gains in Canadian materials and financials partially offset the U.S. weakness.

How large is today's move?

Typical day · Today's -0.02% move is <0.1× 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

    25.24% of XEQT

    • XIC.TO
    +0.12% +0.03 pts to XEQT

    Canada's sleeve gained 0.12%, with the session defined by an unusually wide split between sectors. Materials rose 1.46% among the tracked areas, contributing more than twice what any other positive sector added, supported by a 1.28% advance in gold. Financials also added meaningfully, rising 0.69%. Energy, information technology, and consumer staples all declined, but the financials and materials combination was more than sufficient to keep the sleeve positive.

    Canada market region icon

  • United States

    45.58% of XEQT

    • XTOT.TO
    • ITOT
    -0.31% -0.14 pts from XEQT

    The U.S. sleeve fell 0.31%, providing the session's main headwind for XEQT. Technology advanced 1.29% among tracked sectors, a notable gain, but health care declined 1.93% and consumer staples fell 1.38%, enough to pull the sleeve into negative territory. The Canadian dollar's 0.67% gain against the U.S. dollar added pressure, reducing the CAD-translated value of U.S. holdings and amplifying what was otherwise a modest underlying move.

    United States market region icon

  • Intl Developed

    24.27% of XEQT

    • XEF.TO
    +0.16% +0.04 pts to XEQT

    International developed markets added 0.16%, with Japan and Australia the clearest contributors among tracked markets, each rising more than 1.25%. European equities also advanced, with the DAX closing back above 25,000, buoyed by the softer U.S. inflation data. The UK was a modest exception, edging slightly lower among the tracked markets, though its weight limited the drag.

    Intl Developed market region icon

  • Emerging Mrkts

    4.74% of XEQT

    • XEC.TO
    +1.04% +0.05 pts to XEQT

    Emerging markets rose 1.04%, the strongest sleeve of the day. South Korean equities staged a dramatic reversal, recovering from an intraday decline of nearly 5% to close higher, with Samsung Electronics and SK hynix both advancing sharply as foreign and institutional buyers stepped in. China-listed equities among the tracked markets rose 1.33%, and Brazil added 1.81%, broadening the sleeve's gain beyond Korea alone.

    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 a net decline in the U.S. sleeve, driven by losses concentrated in health care and consumer staples, was enough to hold XEQT just below the flat line. The session's underlying tension is worth noting: a softer U.S. inflation print lifted bond markets and trimmed rate-hike expectations, which helped technology and lifted international equities, but the same rate-sensitive sectors that normally benefit from lower yields still finished lower. The fund's broad geographic exposure meant the damage was contained, and the day's outcome reflects cross-current conditions rather than a directional break.

Signals

  • 01

    U.S. sector split mutes inflation rally

    U.S. health care fell 1.93% and consumer staples dropped 1.38% among tracked sectors, more than offsetting a 1.29% advance in technology and leaving the U.S. sleeve down 0.31% on the day. For XEQT holders, this internal sector rotation within the fund's largest sleeve was the single clearest reason the fund did not benefit more directly from the softer inflation reading.

  • 02

    CAD strength trims U.S. sleeve return

    The Canadian dollar strengthened 0.67% against the U.S. dollar, reducing the CAD-translated return on U.S. assets held within XEQT and widening the gap between what U.S. equities earned in local currency and what Canadian holders received. On days when the loonie moves this much, currency translation becomes a meaningful, if invisible, drag on the fund's largest sleeve.

  • 03

    South Korea reversal lifts emerging markets

    South Korean equities recovered from an intraday drop of nearly 5% to close positive, contributing the largest single-country gain among tracked emerging market exposures. The KOSPI's wild intraday swing, driven partly by forced selling and margin calls, resolved into a net advance, a reminder that short-term volatility within a sleeve does not necessarily predict its daily outcome.

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