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Midday Edition. Tuesday, August 4, 2026

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$45.99
+2.66%

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XEQT extends its opening gain to 2.66% at midday as U.S. technology and broad sleeve strength drive the advance

XEQT has been trading at $45.99, up 2.66% since Friday's close, and the advance has broadened and deepened since the early morning snapshot. Reopening after the Civic Holiday, the fund is absorbing moves from markets that traded while the TSX was closed, and the gap-up has only grown through the morning session. The U.S. sleeve is the dominant force, contributing roughly 1.39 percentage points to XEQT's gain, with technology accounting for the largest share of that lift. All four regional sleeves are advancing, with emerging markets also registering a strong session alongside Canada and international developed markets.

How large is this afternoon's move?

Substantial move · This afternoon's +2.66% move is 4.4× 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

    25.30% of XEQT

    • XIC.TO
    +1.63% +0.41 pts to XEQT

    Canada's sleeve is up 1.63%, contributing 0.41 percentage points to XEQT's gain, and the session has a striking internal split. Materials surged 4.45% and information technology climbed 4.84% among the sectors tracked, while industrials added 3.11%; together these offset a 2.70% decline in energy, where WTI crude's drop of more than 5% weighed on producers. Precious metals strength, consistent with gold rising 1.35%, helped lift mining stocks alongside optimism around a possible U.S.-Iran agreement that eased geopolitical risk premiums.

    Canada market region icon

  • United States

    45.36% of XEQT

    • XTOT.TO
    • ITOT
    +3.06% +1.39 pts to XEQT

    The U.S. sleeve is up 3.06%, its contribution of 1.39 percentage points accounting for more than half of XEQT's total gain. Technology rose 4.72% among the sectors tracked, and XTOT's CAD-listed return of 3.68% ran well ahead of the CAD-adjusted USD return on ITOT, a gap reflecting the blended sleeve composition rather than currency translation alone. Industrials and financials provided additional support, while energy and health care were essentially flat.

    United States market region icon

  • Intl Developed

    24.58% of XEQT

    • XEF.TO
    +1.85% +0.45 pts to XEQT

    International developed markets contributed 0.46 percentage points to XEQT's gain, with XEF.TO up 1.85%. Australia rose 2.23% and the Netherlands 2.01% among the markets tracked, supported by a broader risk-on tone and easing oil prices tied to diplomacy around the Strait of Hormuz. European bourses were broadly positive, with the DAX closing at a new record high and the IBEX reaching 20,000 points for the first time, according to German and Spanish market reporting. Japan advanced 1.61% in the tracked exposure despite caution around potential yen intervention keeping the Nikkei under modest pressure.

    Intl Developed market region icon

  • Emerging Mrkts

    4.66% of XEQT

    • XEC.TO
    +3.68% +0.17 pts to XEQT

    Emerging markets posted the highest sleeve return at 3.68%, contributing 0.17 percentage points to XEQT. South Korea surged 6.23% and Taiwan rose 4.04% among the markets tracked, with South Korea's Kosdaq extending its rally to a third consecutive session even as large-cap chip names like Samsung and SK hynix slid. Taiwan equities also extended a multi-session advance. India was a modest contributor at 0.51%, and Brazil was fractionally negative, but the strong performance in northeast Asia defined the sleeve's direction.

    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

A gain of this size, 4.4 times the recent 20-day average daily move, is the kind of session that looks dramatic in isolation but earns its weight when set against how the fund is built. All four sleeves contributed positively, and the breadth extended beyond the obvious U.S. technology story to materials in Canada, industrials across multiple markets, and emerging market equities in Asia. XEQT also set a new 52-week high intraday, reaching $46.00 before pulling back slightly to $45.99. The session rewards holding rather than reacting.

Signals

  • 01

    U.S. tech dominates today's contribution

    U.S. technology rose 4.72% among the sectors tracked, delivering the single largest within-sleeve contribution in today's data at roughly 1.63 percentage points inside the U.S. sleeve alone. For an XEQT holder, this concentration means the fund's headline return is meaningfully tied to the continued performance of a single sector within its largest geographic allocation.

  • 02

    Crude drop splits the Canada sleeve

    WTI crude, a benchmark for oil prices globally, fell more than 5% today, consistent with easing U.S.-Iran tensions and expectations around the Strait of Hormuz. That drop punished Canadian energy stocks, which fell 2.70% and dragged against an otherwise strong Canada sleeve; without that offset, the Canadian contribution to XEQT would have been meaningfully larger.

  • 03

    South Korea breadth defies chip weakness

    South Korea equities rose 6.23% among the markets tracked despite large-cap chip stocks declining sharply, as broader market breadth and Kosdaq strength carried the index. The divergence between headline large-cap weakness and underlying market breadth suggests the emerging markets sleeve's gain was driven by a wider set of names than the semiconductor leaders alone.

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