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$45.20
-0.57%

Headline

All four XEQT sleeves decline as oil tops $100 on U.S.-Iran escalation

XEQT closed at $45.20, down 0.57%, as all four regional sleeves declined in the same session. The U.S. sleeve was the largest drag, contributing 0.20 percentage points to the loss, followed closely by international developed markets at 0.19 pp and Canada at 0.15 pp. Oil topping $100 a barrel following an escalation in U.S.-Iran hostilities lifted energy and materials prices but also stoked inflation fears and pushed bond yields higher, weighing on equities broadly.

How large is today's move?

Larger-than-usual day · Today's -0.57% move is 1.4× 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

    25.66% of XEQT

    • XIC.TO
    -0.59% -0.15 pts from XEQT

    The S&P/TSX Composite fell more than 200 points, with technology off 1.90% and financials down 1.04% among the sectors tracked, as rising bond yields weighed on rate-sensitive names. Industrials also declined 1.31% within the tracked coverage. The losses were partially cushioned by materials rising 0.95% and energy gaining 1.04%, both benefiting from elevated commodity prices, together contributing roughly 0.35 pp back into the sleeve.

    Canada market region icon

  • United States

    44.91% of XEQT

    • XTOT.TO
    • ITOT
    -0.45% -0.20 pts from XEQT

    U.S. equities fell 0.45% as industrials and consumer discretionary led declines among the sectors tracked, down 1.51% and 1.34% respectively. The 10-year Treasury yield rose to 4.84%, consistent with inflation concerns driving investors away from growth-sensitive exposures. U.S. energy bucked the trend, gaining 0.83% within the tracked sectors as crude prices climbed.

    United States market region icon

  • Intl Developed

    24.43% of XEQT

    • XEF.TO
    -0.79% -0.19 pts from XEQT

    XEF.TO fell 0.79%, the steepest sleeve decline of the session. France dropped 1.60% and the UK fell 1.08% among the markets tracked, with European bourses pressured by oil-driven inflation fears ahead of a key European Central Bank meeting. Germany closed at its lowest level since July as energy prices surged past $100. Japan slipped 0.98% within the tracked coverage, though the yen was little changed against the Canadian dollar.

    Intl Developed market region icon

  • Emerging Mrkts

    4.88% of XEQT

    • XEC.TO
    -0.18% -0.01 pts from XEQT

    The emerging markets sleeve was the smallest drag on XEQT, contributing only 0.009 pp to the loss despite broad declines in China, India, and Brazil within the tracked exposures. South Korea and Taiwan, together representing more than half of the tracked sleeve weight, rose 0.46% and 0.20% respectively, nearly offsetting the losses elsewhere. The sleeve's modest overall decline reflects that geographic offset working as intended.

    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

The split inside the Canadian sleeve is worth noting: financials, technology, and industrials fell together, but materials and energy gained enough to offset roughly half their drag. That internal tug-of-war kept Canada's loss smaller than its cyclical sectors would suggest in isolation. A decline of 0.57% on XEQT, with all four sleeves moving against the fund, is uncomfortable but still within the range of ordinary sessions; the fund's 1.4-times-average move reflects a specific geopolitical and inflation shock, not a shift in underlying structure.

Signals

  • 01

    Oil shock lifts yields, pressures equities

    WTI crude, a benchmark for global oil prices, surged 3.89% to close at $96.65 per barrel after an escalation in U.S.-Iran hostilities, with Brent approaching $100. The resulting inflation anxiety pushed the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield up to 4.84%, a level consistent with the broad equity declines seen across all four sleeves.

  • 02

    European markets fall in broad retreat

    Within the international developed sleeve, all five major markets tracked declined, with France off 1.60%, Switzerland down 1.36%, Germany falling 1.22%, and the UK losing 1.08%. The breadth and uniformity of European losses, concentrated ahead of a European Central Bank meeting, made the developed markets sleeve the session's steepest regional decliner at 0.79%.

  • 03

    EM tech exporters offset broader sleeve losses

    South Korea and Taiwan together contributed roughly 0.15 pp in positive return within the emerging markets sleeve, nearly neutralizing losses from China, India, and Brazil among the tracked exposures. For a fund where the emerging markets sleeve is only 4.88% of the portfolio, this internal offset contained the sleeve's total drag to less than 0.01 pp on XEQT, a meaningful cushion on a down day for global equities.

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