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$45.29
+0.98%

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XEQT gains 0.98% as oil retreats and all four sleeves advance

XEQT closed at $45.29, up 0.98%, as all four regional sleeves contributed positively to a session defined by retreating oil prices and an in-line U.S. inflation reading that eased concerns about an imminent Federal Reserve rate shock. The U.S. sleeve was the largest contributor at 0.51 percentage points, followed by international developed markets at 0.30 pp and Canada at 0.16 pp. WTI crude fell 2.11% to $100.32, reversing pressure that had weighed on equities through much of the week, while the VIX, a gauge of expected near-term equity volatility, dropped more than 11% as risk appetite recovered broadly.

How large is today's move?

Notable day · Today's +0.98% move is 2.2× 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

    25.57% of XEQT

    • XIC.TO
    +0.62% +0.16 pts to XEQT

    Canada's sleeve gained 0.62%, with technology the standout driver, rising 3.70% among tracked sectors. Financials and materials also advanced, providing broad support. Energy slipped 0.38%, consistent with the day's decline in crude prices, but that drag was easily absorbed by the strength elsewhere.

    Canada market region icon

  • United States

    45.15% of XEQT

    • XTOT.TO
    • ITOT
    +1.12% +0.51 pts to XEQT

    The U.S. sleeve rose 1.12%, the largest absolute contributor to the fund. Technology was the clearest driver among tracked sectors, gaining 1.32% and accounting for the majority of the sleeve's within-sleeve gain. Industrials, communication services, financials, and consumer discretionary each added incrementally, while health care was the sole detractor at a modest -0.18%.

    United States market region icon

  • Intl Developed

    24.36% of XEQT

    • XEF.TO
    +1.25% +0.30 pts to XEQT

    International developed markets gained 1.25%, contributing 0.30 pp to XEQT. Japan was the dominant driver among tracked markets, rising 2.20%, with European markets adding steadily: the UK up 0.86%, Italy up 1.56%, France up 0.69%, and Germany up 0.59%. European equities benefited from the pullback in oil prices, even as bond yield concerns left the region on course for a difficult week overall.

    Intl Developed market region icon

  • Emerging Mrkts

    4.84% of XEQT

    • XEC.TO
    +1.27% +0.06 pts to XEQT

    Emerging markets rose 1.27% at the sleeve level, though the composition was sharply uneven. South Korea surged 3.25% and Taiwan advanced 1.83% among tracked markets, together driving the bulk of the sleeve's result. India added 0.96%. Brazil fell 0.96%, acting as the principal offset. Notably, the South Korea and Taiwan moves diverged from the cautious tone suggested by local news sources, where tightening fears and AI-sector rotation were cited as headwinds.

    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

A gain of 2.2 times the recent daily average, with all four sleeves positive, suggests the session was more than a routine bounce. The VIX shed more than 11%, signalling a meaningful shift in near-term sentiment after several days of oil- and yield-driven pressure. What stands out is the breadth: Canada, the U.S., developed markets, and emerging markets each added to the result independently, without any single sleeve carrying the others. After a rolling-month drawdown that had pushed XEQT to $44.84 the prior session, Friday's recovery restored more than half that lost ground in a single day.

Signals

  • 01

    VIX drops sharply across all sleeves

    The VIX, which measures the market's expectation of near-term equity price swings, fell 11.21% on the session, its sharpest single-day drop in recent weeks. A move of this magnitude typically reflects a broad recalibration of risk appetite, and Friday's advance across all four XEQT sleeves is consistent with that shift.

  • 02

    Oil retreat reverses week's pressure

    WTI crude fell 2.11% to $100.32, unwinding a portion of the oil-driven pressure that had weighed on equities since the U.S.-Iran escalation annotated earlier this week. Canadian energy was the only tracked sector to decline, slipping 0.38%, while other segments of the Canadian and international sleeves advanced, suggesting the oil retreat was more relief than rotation.

  • 03

    U.S. technology leads sleeve gains

    Among the sectors tracked within the U.S. sleeve, technology gained 1.32% and contributed the single largest within-sleeve increment of any tracked segment across all four sleeves. For a long-term XEQT holder, this concentration means the fund's largest sleeve is sensitive to any renewed softness in tech, even on broadly positive days.

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