ASX 200 stocks hitting fresh 52-week highs and lows – Week 11
Stocks struggled to hold 52-week highs last week, while those making lows continued to broaden.
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Welcome back to the 52-Week Series, where we recap the S&P/ASX 200 stocks that have hit fresh yearly highs and lows over the past week. Tracking this data point helps identify emerging trends across various stocks and sectors.
When clusters of stocks within a sector reach new highs or lows, it often points to meaningful underlying drivers such as shifting commodity prices, changing demand patterns (such as AI, pivots into defensive sectors, consumer weakness etc), or companies beating/missing earnings expectations.
52-Week highs and lows by sector
Materials: 10 Highs, 0 Lows
Industrials: 5 Highs, 3 Lows
Energy: 2 Highs, 0 Lows
Staples: 2 Highs, 1 Low
Financials: 1 High, 2 Lows
Health Care: 1 High, 3 Lows
Real Estate: 0 Highs, 3 Lows
Telecommunications: 0 Highs, 2 Lows
Discretionary: 0 Highs, 0 Lows
Utilities: 0 Highs, 0 Lows
Technology: 0 Highs, 0 Lows
What Does the Data Tell Us?
A sharp pullback from highs: Despite 21 stocks touching fresh yearly highs last week, the average stock still fell 4.9% as oil prices surged and the Iran conflict intensified, a pretty ugly reversal from those highs.
Broadening weakness: While the volume of 52-week lows remains relatively contained, weakness is spreading across a broad range of sectors, with consumer-facing areas such as Discretionary, Financials, Telcos and Healthcare all registering fresh lows.
Brace for volatility: The sharp reversal in 52-week high stocks, combined with the escalating Iran conflict and rising energy prices, points to a volatile period ahead. The key risk for markets is a re-acceleration in inflation, which would likely put more rate hikes on the cards for central banks. While markets have historically shrugged off geopolitical shocks, the ASX 200 is trading at a relatively elevated price-to-earnings of 18.7x, making it susceptible to a sharp correction, should earnings expectations deteriorate.
ASX 200 Materials at 52-week highs
Ticker | Company | Close | 1 Week | 1 Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Resolute Mining | $1.45 | -2.69% | 252.44% | |
PLS Group | $4.76 | -8.29% | 160.11% | |
Westgold Resources | $6.63 | -14.45% | 160.00% | |
Regis Resources | $8.48 | -10.17% | 156.97% | |
Newmont | $165.14 | -6.81% | 137.17% | |
Evolution Mining | $14.79 | -10.80% | 132.55% | |
Greatland Resources | $12.41 | -10.14% | 70.00% | |
Northern Star Resources | $26.98 | -10.90% | 56.22% | |
BHP Group | $52.81 | -9.59% | 34.72% | |
Rio Tinto | $158.67 | -5.18% | 33.66% |
S&P/ASX 200 Materials constituents that hit 52-week high in the past week, sorted by one-year returns. Data as at Friday, 6 March 2026.
Other ASX 200 stocks at 52-week highs
Ticker | Company | Close | Sector | 1 Week | 1 Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Woodside Energy Group | $30.75 | Energy | 8.62% | 34.22% | |
New Hope | $5.04 | Energy | 7.46% | 25.69% | |
NAB | $46.82 | Financials | -4.49% | 37.42% | |
Ramsay Health Care | $44.52 | Health Care | 3.37% | 27.67% | |
NRW Holdings | $5.99 | Industrials | -8.41% | 113.17% | |
ALS | $24.00 | Industrials | -6.32% | 48.24% | |
Downer EDI | $7.88 | Industrials | -8.27% | 47.01% | |
Aurizon | $4.01 | Industrials | -3.37% | 28.12% | |
Auckland | $7.28 | Industrials | -5.21% | -0.82% | |
Woolworths Group | $35.99 | Staples | -0.03% | 26.10% | |
A2 Milk | $9.96 | Staples | 2.36% | 24.19% |
All other S&P/ASX 200 stocks and sectors that hit 52-week high in the past week, sorted by one-year returns. Data as at Friday, 6 March 2026.
ASX 200 stocks making 52-week lows
Ticker | Company | Close | Sector | 1 Week | 1 Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Temple & Webster Group | $7.61 | Discretionary | -7.65% | -54.84% | |
Premier Investments | $13.09 | Discretionary | -2.60% | -40.45% | |
Aristocrat Leisure | $47.12 | Discretionary | -2.00% | -32.09% | |
Suncorp Group | $14.39 | Financials | -1.64% | -24.93% | |
Insurance Australia Group | $6.57 | Financials | -1.35% | -15.66% | |
NIB Holdings | $6.05 | Financials | -5.62% | -6.78% | |
Ebos Group | $19.18 | Health Care | -4.20% | -43.75% | |
CSL | $146.27 | Health Care | -0.33% | -42.73% | |
Cochlear | $180.06 | Health Care | -9.52% | -33.06% | |
Reliance Worldwide Corporation | $3.12 | Industrials | -6.31% | -37.85% | |
Computershare | $30.61 | Industrials | -1.23% | -24.18% | |
Worley | $10.96 | Industrials | -3.35% | -23.99% | |
Lendlease Group | $3.83 | Real Estate | -8.81% | -36.38% | |
Ingenia Communities | $4.28 | Real Estate | -6.14% | -20.74% | |
Arena Reit | $3.32 | Real Estate | -2.92% | -8.29% | |
Treasury Wine Estates | $4.31 | Staples | -5.07% | -57.62% | |
Nine Entertainment | $1.01 | Telecommunications | -4.74% | -36.59% | |
Seek | $16.93 | Telecommunications | 2.23% | -26.90% |
S&P/ASX 200 stocks and sectors that hit 52-week lows in the past week, sorted by one-year returns. Data as at Friday, 6 March 2026.
