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Midday Edition. Thursday, July 30, 2026

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$44.60
+1.07%

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XEQT holds a 1.07% midday gain as Japan, chip recovery, and emerging markets drive broad international strength

XEQT was up 1.07% through midday, roughly 1.9 times the recent 20-day average daily move, with all four regional sleeves in positive territory. International developed markets have been the largest contributor so far, with Japan posting exceptional strength on yen appreciation and a chip-sector rebound. Emerging markets added meaningfully to the advance, while the U.S. sleeve held solidly positive despite sharp divergence beneath the surface. Canada edged modestly higher, supported by financials and materials but held back by technology losses.

How large is this afternoon's move?

Larger-than-usual day · This afternoon's +1.07% move is 1.9× 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

    25.77% of XEQT

    • XIC.TO
    +0.20% +0.05 pts to XEQT

    Canadian equities are up a modest 0.20%, contributing about 0.05 percentage points to XEQT. Financials, the sleeve's largest sector weight, rose 1.51% and materials added 1.93%, consistent with gold's 1.73% advance among tracked commodities. Technology declined 1.45% and consumer staples fell 1.55%, trimming what would otherwise have been a stronger result.

    Canada market region icon

  • United States

    44.89% of XEQT

    • XTOT.TO
    • ITOT
    +0.89% +0.40 pts to XEQT

    The U.S. sleeve is up 0.89%, adding 0.40 percentage points to XEQT, but the internal picture is sharply split. Technology advanced nearly 5% among tracked sectors as chip names clawed back recent losses, contributing over 1.6 percentage points within the sleeve. Communication services fell 3.15% and health care dropped 1.72%, absorbing much of that gain. The 10-year Treasury yield edging higher to 4.66% has not visibly derailed equity momentum, but rate-sensitive sectors remain soft.

    United States market region icon

  • Intl Developed

    24.56% of XEQT

    • XEF.TO
    +1.90% +0.47 pts to XEQT

    International developed markets are the session's standout, up 1.90% and contributing 0.47 percentage points to XEQT. Japan is the clear engine among tracked markets, rising nearly 4% as the yen surged to its strongest level since May, with some market participants attributing the move to possible intervention. The Netherlands rose 4.31% and Germany gained nearly 2% among tracked markets, while France and the UK also advanced, giving the sleeve broad geographic support.

    Intl Developed market region icon

  • Emerging Mrkts

    4.54% of XEQT

    • XEC.TO
    +3.08% +0.14 pts to XEQT

    Emerging markets are up 3.08%, adding 0.14 percentage points to XEQT. South Korean equities surged nearly 10% among tracked markets, rebounding sharply after a turbulent stretch tied to AI-sector volatility. Taiwan-related equities advanced nearly 5% as chip names recovered, while India, China, and South Africa also posted gains, making the sleeve's advance broadly distributed rather than concentrated in a single market.

    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

All four sleeves have contributed positively through midday, but the distribution is notable: international developed and emerging markets account for more than half of the fund's gain despite representing under 30% of its weight. U.S. technology's 4.9% advance among tracked sectors is doing heavy internal lifting, yet that strength is substantially offset by communication services and health care weakness within the same sleeve. The session's breadth is genuine, but it is concentrated in specific pockets rather than uniformly distributed.

Signals

  • 01

    VIX drops 12% signaling risk appetite

    The VIX, a measure of expected near-term volatility in U.S. equities derived from options pricing, has fallen nearly 12% on the session, one of its larger single-day declines in recent weeks. When the VIX drops this sharply, it typically reflects reduced demand for downside protection, consistent with the broad gains across all four XEQT sleeves today.

  • 02

    U.S. sector divergence masks gross moves

    Among tracked U.S. sectors, technology's 4.9% advance contrasts with communication services falling 3.15% and health care down 1.72%, producing over 1.6 percentage points of gross technology contribution that is substantially netted down before reaching the sleeve's 0.89% return. For a long-term holder, this is a reminder that headline sleeve figures can mask sharp sector-level offsets; the fund's geographic diversification, not sector concentration, is doing more of the stabilizing work.

  • 03

    Yen surge amplifies Japan equity gains

    The yen's surge to its strongest level against the dollar since mid-May, with intervention speculation reported, amplified Japan's equity return in CAD terms and drove the largest single-country contribution among tracked international developed markets. Japan's 4% advance represents the session's clearest intersection of currency dynamics and equity recovery, concentrated in a market that makes up roughly a quarter of the international developed sleeve.

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