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Close Edition. Monday, August 17, 2026

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$46.08
-0.24%

Headline

U.S. weakness deepens in the afternoon to pull XEQT down 0.24% at the close.

XEQT closed at $46.08, down 0.24% on the day, with the decline materializing largely in the afternoon after the fund sat near flat at midday. The U.S. sleeve, which represents the largest share of the fund at 45.2%, accounted for roughly 60% of the day's drag, as rising oil prices stoked fresh inflation concerns and weighed on consumer-facing and financial sectors. Canada's sleeve, which had leaned positive through the morning on energy and materials strength, reversed course and closed modestly lower. Emerging markets finished as the only sleeve in positive territory, with a 0.98% gain providing a partial offset.

How large is today's move?

Typical day · Today's -0.24% move is 0.4× 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

    25.64% of XEQT

    • XIC.TO
    -0.19% -0.05 pts from XEQT

    Canada's sleeve finished down 0.19%, contributing roughly -0.05 percentage points to XEQT. The session had a split character: energy rose 2.06% and materials gained 1.40%, together adding meaningful ground, while financials, information technology, and consumer staples all fell and more than offset those commodity-driven gains. WTI crude closing above $84.90 supported the energy sector, while gold at $4,471 likely underpinned the materials move.

    Canada market region icon

  • United States

    45.20% of XEQT

    • XTOT.TO
    • ITOT
    -0.32% -0.14 pts from XEQT

    Down 0.32%, the U.S. sleeve was the session's primary drag. Communication services fell 1.89% and financials dropped 1.00% among the sectors tracked, while consumer discretionary and consumer staples also declined. Technology was the exception, edging up 0.16% and limiting the overall sleeve loss. Rising oil prices, consistent with the stagflation concern noted in news coverage, appeared to weigh broadly on rate-sensitive and consumer-facing areas.

    United States market region icon

  • Intl Developed

    24.36% of XEQT

    • XEF.TO
    -0.09% -0.02 pts from XEQT

    International developed markets declined a modest 0.09%, contributing just -0.02 percentage points to XEQT. Among the markets tracked, continental European equities led the weakness, with France down 0.70%, Switzerland down 0.55%, and Germany down 0.45%. Singapore and Hong Kong moved in the opposite direction, each posting gains, though their combined weight within the sleeve limited the offsetting effect.

    Intl Developed market region icon

  • Emerging Mrkts

    4.68% of XEQT

    • XEC.TO
    +0.98% +0.05 pts to XEQT

    Emerging markets was the session's standout, rising 0.98% and adding +0.05 percentage points to XEQT. South Korean equities surged 2.98% among the tracked exposures, with semiconductor names including Samsung and SK Hynix contributing to a move toward a three-week high for the KOSPI. Taiwan-listed equities rose 0.68% and China gained 0.79%, both supporting the sleeve. India slipped 0.40%, a partial drag within an otherwise broadly positive picture.

    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

What the session ultimately revealed is that the afternoon brought the weight: XEQT was essentially flat at midday and closed lower as U.S. weakness deepened and Canada's commodity-driven early gains reversed. The emerging markets sleeve was the lone bright spot, and its positive contribution kept a modestly negative close from becoming a broader one. A move of this size sits well below the fund's recent average daily swing, and the rolling-month gain remains intact above 3.8%.

Signals

  • 01

    Crude oil splits the market

    WTI crude oil, which tracks the spot price of U.S. benchmark petroleum, rose 3.05% to close above $84.90. That gain powered a 2.06% advance in Canadian energy and a 1.08% rise in U.S. energy among the tracked sectors, while simultaneously raising inflation concerns that weighed on consumer and financial stocks in both sleeves.

  • 02

    U.S. comm services leads losses

    Communication services fell 1.89% within the U.S. sleeve, the steepest tracked sector decline of the session and the single largest tracked drag on XEQT. That breadth of weakness, alongside declines in consumer discretionary and financials, concentrated the U.S. sleeve's underperformance in areas sensitive to both cost pressures and consumer confidence.

  • 03

    VIX rises as risk appetite cools

    The VIX, a measure of expected near-term volatility in U.S. equities derived from options pricing, rose 6.60% to 15.19. A move of that magnitude alongside broad but moderate declines across most sleeves is consistent with investors repricing risk at the margin rather than retreating broadly, and the 0.24% fund-level move reflects that measured tone.

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