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Close Edition. Tuesday, September 29, 2026

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$45.64
-0.17%

Headline

International developed markets lead XEQT lower as rising Treasury yields pressure European equities

XEQT closed at $45.64, off 0.17%, with the international developed sleeve responsible for the bulk of the move. XEF.TO fell 0.43%, contributing roughly 0.11 percentage points of drag, while Canada and the United States each slipped just 0.07% and added only minor pressure. Emerging markets provided a small offset, rising 0.33%, as South Korean equities made a strong recovery. The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield climbed further to 5.255%, and a Bloomberg report noted that European stocks erased gains as the U.S. bond market selloff resumed, consistent with the broad weakness seen across tracked European markets.

How large is today's move?

Typical day · Today's -0.17% 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

    24.99% of XEQT

    • XIC.TO
    -0.07% -0.02 pts from XEQT

    XIC.TO edged down 0.07%, contributing roughly 0.02 percentage points of drag to XEQT. Energy was the steepest decliner among tracked Canadian sectors, falling 1.31% as WTI crude dropped 4.1% to $88.82, and financials slipped 0.41%. Canadian information technology rose 1.84% and materials gained 0.59%, the latter consistent with gold climbing 1.18%, together limiting the sleeve's overall decline to a fraction of the underlying sector moves.

    Canada market region icon

  • United States

    45.65% of XEQT

    • XTOT.TO
    • ITOT
    -0.07% -0.03 pts from XEQT

    The U.S. sleeve fell 0.07%, contributing 0.03 percentage points of drag. Losses were spread across financials, energy, health care, and consumer staples among the sectors tracked, while technology was nearly flat at -0.02%. Communication services and industrials each posted modest gains, keeping the sleeve's net move contained.

    United States market region icon

  • Intl Developed

    24.33% of XEQT

    • XEF.TO
    -0.43% -0.10 pts from XEQT

    XEF.TO fell 0.43%, the day's dominant drag on XEQT. Among the markets tracked, the United Kingdom declined 0.89% and France fell 1.16%, with bond market pressure cited as a key force erasing earlier European gains. Switzerland dropped 0.74% and Germany slipped 0.55%, while the Netherlands rose 0.69% and provided the only meaningful offset within the tracked European exposures. Japan fell 0.33%, adding to the sleeve's aggregate weakness.

    Intl Developed market region icon

  • Emerging Mrkts

    4.88% of XEQT

    • XEC.TO
    +0.33% +0.02 pts to XEQT

    XEC.TO rose 0.33%, the only sleeve to finish in positive territory, though the result masked sharp internal divergence. South Korean equities surged 1.92% among the markets tracked, contributing 0.39 percentage points within the sleeve and more than offsetting losses in China, which fell 0.84%, Saudi Arabia down 1.46%, and Malaysia down 1.52%. The Korea Herald noted that Seoul stocks fell for a second session on inflation worries, making the sleeve-level gain a product of composition rather than broad regional strength.

    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

International developed markets have now been the decisive swing factor in two of the past three sessions, a reminder of how much weight the 24% EAFE sleeve can carry on days when Europe and Japan move together. The fund's other three sleeves each contributed less than 0.03 percentage points in absolute terms, meaning the session's shape was almost entirely determined by one corner of the portfolio. South Korean equities' strong recovery within emerging markets offset most of that sleeve's other weakness, leaving XEC.TO as the only sleeve in positive territory. A modest decline on below-average volatility carries no structural signal for long-term holders.

Signals

  • 01

    Treasury yield climb pressures rate-sensitive sectors

    The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield, which reflects the market's expectation of the cost of money over a decade, climbed to 5.255% on Tuesday, up 0.29% on the day. Rate-sensitive sectors including financials, health care, and consumer staples were among the weaker performers within the U.S. sleeve, and Bloomberg linked the yield move directly to European equities erasing intraday gains.

  • 02

    Oil drops sharply as gold gains ground

    WTI crude oil, a benchmark for global energy prices, dropped 4.1% to $88.82, while gold rose 1.18% to $4,217.60. Canadian energy fell 1.31% among the sectors tracked, consistent with the crude move, while Canadian materials rose 0.59%, a gap that reflects how differently commodity producers within the same sleeve responded on the same session.

  • 03

    South Korea drives EM sleeve positive

    South Korean equities rose 1.92% among the emerging markets tracked, contributing roughly 0.39 percentage points within the XEC.TO sleeve and single-handedly flipping the emerging markets result to positive despite declines across China, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, and India. For XEQT holders, this illustrates how the emerging markets sleeve's result can be dominated by a single country's move within any given session.

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