ASX 200 stocks hitting fresh 52-week highs and lows – Week 2
The Materials sector continues to trend higher, with 26 miners recording a fresh yearly high this week.
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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: 26 Highs, 0 Lows
Industrials: 3 Highs, 0 Lows
Energy: 2 Highs, 0 Lows
Discretionary: 0 Highs, 2 Lows
Financials: 0 Highs, 1 Low
Health Care: 0 Highs, 1 Low
Technology: 0 Highs, 1 Low
Telecommunications: 0 Highs, 1 Low
Utilities: 0 Highs, 0 Lows
Staples: 0 Highs, 0 Lows
Real Estate: 0 Highs, 0 Lows
What Does the Data Tell Us?
If you regularly tune into this 52-week high and low piece, you've probably noticed our recent focus on the resource sector, and for good reason.
For most of 2025, the Materials sector led the market in stocks hitting 52-week highs, though the gains were concentrated almost entirely in gold miners. By early October, the rally began to broaden. Copper and rare earth names like LYC, SFR, CSC, and ILU started joining the list. Mid-October brought iron ore and lithium stocks including Rio Tinto, Liontown, and Mineral Resources. Then in early November, high-profile names like Fortescue, BHP, and IGO pushed to fresh yearly highs.
The momentum has only accelerated, with 26 S&P/ASX 200 Materials stocks marking fresh 52-week highs. The rally also continues to broaden, now featuring names like South32 (diversified/aluminium) and Nickel Industries (nickel). It's hard to deny this momentum, particularly as most commodity indices have only just broken out of multi-year bases.
While most stocks are relatively extended, it's still a sector to watch in 2026.
ASX 200 Materials at 52-Week Highs
Ticker | Company | Close | 1 Week | 1 Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Liontown | $1.94 | 15.8% | 226.1% | |
Genesis Minerals | $7.48 | 1.2% | 178.1% | |
Regis Resources | $7.50 | -2.3% | 174.7% | |
Vault Minerals | $5.73 | 5.5% | 159.3% | |
Evolution Mining | $12.82 | -1.4% | 155.9% | |
Ora Banda Mining | $1.57 | 1.3% | 137.1% | |
Perseus Mining | $5.71 | 0.0% | 118.8% | |
Westgold Resources | $6.38 | -1.5% | 117.8% | |
PLS Group | $4.84 | 12.3% | 111.4% | |
West African Resources | $3.20 | 3.2% | 106.5% | |
Sandfire Resources | $18.99 | 6.2% | 104.2% | |
Ramelius Resources | $4.30 | 3.1% | 99.1% | |
Emerald Resources | $6.45 | 0.3% | 90.3% | |
IGO | $8.73 | 8.6% | 73.6% | |
Bellevue Gold | $1.79 | 5.3% | 68.9% | |
Mineral Resources | $57.77 | 5.1% | 62.7% | |
Capstone Copper | $15.89 | 2.4% | 56.7% | |
Alcoa Corporation | $90.47 | 13.2% | 54.5% | |
Orica | $25.38 | 3.4% | 53.2% | |
Bluescope Steel | $29.54 | 23.3% | 52.9% | |
Rio Tinto | $152.27 | 3.8% | 31.4% | |
BHP Group | $47.22 | 3.9% | 19.9% | |
Nickel Industries | $0.95 | 18.0% | 18.8% | |
Champion Iron | $6.53 | 7.9% | 15.8% | |
South32 | $3.78 | 5.3% | 10.9% | |
Greatland Resources | $10.78 | 1.5% | NA |
S&P/ASX 200 Materials constituents that hit 52-week highs in the past week, sorted by one-year returns. Data as at Tuesday, 6 January 2026.
Other Stocks at 52-Week Highs
S&P/ASX 200 stocks and sectors that hit 52-week highs in the past week, sorted by one-year returns. Data as at Tuesday, 6 January 2026.
ASX 200 Stocks at 52-Week Lows
Ticker | Company | Close | Sector | 1 Week | 1 Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Premier Investments | $13.42 | Discretionary | -3.5% | -59.9% | |
Telix Pharmaceuticals | $10.97 | Health Care | -6.8% | -55.8% | |
Xero | $107.14 | Technology | -4.8% | -37.6% | |
REA Group | $180.35 | Telecommunications | -1.9% | -25.0% | |
Aristocrat Leisure | $55.13 | Discretionary | -4.1% | -23.0% | |
ASX | $50.53 | Financials | -1.9% | -22.6% |
S&P/ASX 200 stocks and sectors that hit 52-week lows in the past week, sorted by one-year returns. Data as at Tuesday, 6 January 2026.
