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Close Edition. Thursday, August 27, 2026

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$46.00
+0.20%

Headline

Nvidia's outlook concentrates XEQT's fifth consecutive gain in U.S. technology

XEQT closed at $46.00, up 0.20% on the session, with U.S. technology supplying roughly two-thirds of the fund's total gain. Nvidia's strong sales growth forecast, reported after the prior close, propelled U.S. technology sharply higher while every other tracked U.S. sector finished in the red, a split underscored by Bloomberg's observation that the equal-weight S&P 500 fell 0.3% on the day. The emerging markets sleeve added a supplementary lift, while international developed markets were a modest drag, leaving the session's outcome essentially unchanged from midday.

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

    25.85% of XEQT

    • XIC.TO
    +0.08% +0.02 pts to XEQT

    The Canadian sleeve edged up 0.08%, recovering from early losses to finish modestly positive. Information technology rose 2.67% among the tracked sectors, contributing meaningfully, while materials added 1.00% and energy gained 0.75%, consistent with WTI crude finishing above $83 per barrel. Canadian financials declined 0.59%, limiting the overall advance.

    Canada market region icon

  • United States

    44.78% of XEQT

    • XTOT.TO
    • ITOT
    +0.49% +0.22 pts to XEQT

    The U.S. sleeve rose 0.49%, contributing 0.218 percentage points to XEQT. U.S. technology climbed 3.16% within the tracked sectors, more than offsetting declines in health care, consumer discretionary, communication services, financials, and industrials, all of which fell between 0.65% and 1.13%. The session illustrated a stark concentration: the sector weighting alone in technology was sufficient to carry the sleeve.

    United States market region icon

  • Intl Developed

    24.43% of XEQT

    • XEF.TO
    -0.30% -0.07 pts from XEQT

    International developed markets fell 0.30%, deducting 0.074 percentage points from XEQT. European markets bore the brunt: France declined 1.54% and Italy 1.22% among the tracked markets, with inflation concerns lifting expectations for further ECB rate action and political uncertainty adding pressure in Paris. Japan was the notable exception, rising 0.43% within the tracked markets, while Germany edged up 0.59%, limiting the damage.

    Intl Developed market region icon

  • Emerging Mrkts

    4.76% of XEQT

    • XEC.TO
    +0.45% +0.02 pts to XEQT

    Emerging markets gained 0.45%, adding 0.021 percentage points to XEQT. Taiwan rose 2.11% and South Korea 1.65% among the tracked markets, together supplying the sleeve's advance. China and India both posted modest declines within the covered exposures, while Poland fell 2.57%, though its small sleeve weight limited the effect.

    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

Nvidia's blockbuster forecast concentrated Thursday's gains tightly within U.S. technology, which pulled the full fund into positive territory even as every other U.S. sector and most of the developed-market sleeve closed lower. That kind of internal bifurcation is worth watching: XEQT's construction absorbed it cleanly, with Canada's materials and energy gains and Taiwan's and South Korea's strength providing offsets that softened the drag from Europe and broad U.S. weakness. Five consecutive advancing sessions on subdued daily moves reflects a market grinding higher rather than surging, which tends to be durable ground for a long-term passive holder.

Signals

  • 01

    U.S. tech versus all else

    U.S. technology rose 3.16% among the tracked sectors while every other tracked U.S. sector finished negative, ranging from health care down 1.13% to financials down 0.65%. For a global passive holder, a session where a single sector in one sleeve moves this far from peers means the day's fund-level result rests on a narrow foundation, even when the headline number looks calm.

  • 02

    VIX drops as global breadth narrows

    The VIX, a measure of expected near-term volatility in U.S. equity markets, dropped 4.60% to 14.51, signaling a meaningful easing of short-term risk concerns even as several global markets closed lower. That combination of falling implied volatility alongside concentrated equity gains and broad international weakness suggests the session's confidence was sector-specific rather than broad.

  • 03

    Crude and materials support Canada

    WTI crude oil rose 1.56% to close at $83.51, providing a constructive backdrop for the energy-producing segments tracked within Canada, where energy gained 0.75% among covered sectors. Canadian materials also advanced 1.00%, supported by gold near $4,657, and together these two sectors provided the primary domestic offset to weakness in Canadian financials.

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