ASX 200 stocks hitting fresh 52-week highs and lows – Week 21
Miners hit fresh highs on lithium and copper strength, but breadth is fading amid a growing list of yearly lows.
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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, 1 Low
Industrials: 3 Highs, 2 Lows
Financials: 1 High, 3 Lows
Telecommunications: 1 High, 1 Low
Utilities: 1 High, 0 Lows
Discretionary: 0 Highs, 8 Lows
Health Care: 0 Highs, 4 Lows
Real Estate: 0 Highs, 4 Lows
Staples: 0 Highs, 2 Lows
Energy: 0 Highs, 1 Low
Technology: 0 Highs, 1 Low
What Does the Data Tell Us?
Commodities are looking strong: Miners had a very strong start to last week before experiencing a sharp pullback on Friday, leaving most stocks down for the week. Even so, heavyweights like PLS, BHP and Rio Tinto all rallied to fresh all-time highs, mirroring strength in the underlying commodities. Lithium hit its highest level since August 2023, and copper soared to a record US$6.66/lb. It's hard not to be bullish on resources against a backdrop of insatiable AI-driven demand for commodity-heavy infrastructure like data centres, electrification and grid upgrades. Though the broader macro setup is less accommodative, with the Fed's next move now priced as a hike by mid-2027 and bond yields climbing to uncomfortable levels.
Market breadth is deteriorating: There were 27 fresh yearly lows this week, up from 22 the week prior. This is not what a healthy market looks like.
Consumer-facing and yield-sensitive sectors under pressure: Discretionary is the worst offender, with many retailers flagging a sharp deterioration in trading conditions around the end of March. Temple & Webster sold off 6.3% last Wednesday after guiding to FY26 EBITDA of $20–22 million, roughly 23% below consensus. Harvey Norman and Nick Scali both took sharp one-day hits during February reporting season on weaker-than-expected earnings and have continued to grind lower since. Rate-sensitive real estate is struggling as the Aussie 10-year yield on the cusp of breaking out of its recent range to the highest level since June 2011.
ASX 200 Materials stocks at 52-week highs
Ticker | Company | Close | 1 Week | 1 Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
PLS Group | $6.01 | -4.0% | 335.5% | |
Liontown | $2.35 | -4.1% | 231.0% | |
Mineral Resources | $64.77 | -6.9% | 163.7% | |
Predictive Discovery | $0.93 | -1.6% | 141.6% | |
Greatland Resources | $14.11 | -5.3% | 93.2% | |
BHP Group | $60.46 | 4.3% | 56.6% | |
Nickel Industries | $1.04 | -4.6% | 56.4% | |
Rio Tinto | $185.75 | 3.9% | 55.8% | |
Sims | $22.48 | 3.8% | 45.8% | |
Dyno Nobel | $3.69 | 11.1% | 38.7% |
S&P/ASX 200 Materials constituents that hit a 52-week high in the past week, sorted by one-year returns. Data as at Friday, 15 May 2026.
Other ASX 200 stocks at 52-week highs
All other S&P/ASX 200 stocks and sectors that hit a 52-week high in the past week, sorted by one-year returns. Data as at Friday, 15 May 2026.
Other ASX 200 stocks at 52-week lows
Ticker | Company | Close | Sector | 1 Week | 1 Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Temple & Webster Group | $4.87 | Discretionary | -17.9% | -75.8% | |
IDP Education | $2.76 | Discretionary | -2.5% | -69.4% | |
Web Travel Group | $2.44 | Discretionary | -11.3% | -46.7% | |
JB HI-FI | $71.33 | Discretionary | -2.7% | -32.4% | |
Nick Scali | $13.89 | Discretionary | -5.1% | -27.1% | |
Harvey Norman | $4.40 | Discretionary | -1.8% | -17.5% | |
Wesfarmers | $71.67 | Discretionary | -0.8% | -14.2% | |
Tabcorp Holdings | $0.68 | Discretionary | -9.9% | -2.9% | |
Beach Energy | $1.11 | Energy | 2.8% | -15.7% | |
Steadfast Group | $4.01 | Financials | -1.0% | -31.9% | |
Bank of Queensland | $6.21 | Financials | -2.1% | -19.3% | |
National Australia Bank | $36.52 | Financials | -4.8% | -1.9% | |
CSL | $97.96 | Health Care | -18.3% | -59.9% | |
Sonic Healthcare | $18.73 | Health Care | -1.1% | -29.9% | |
Resmed | $28.33 | Health Care | -0.8% | -23.8% | |
Fisher & Paykel | $26.99 | Health Care | -6.9% | -17.8% | |
Austal | $4.04 | Industrials | -2.7% | -19.5% | |
Brambles | $22.10 | Industrials | -1.6% | 0.4% | |
Orora | $1.29 | Materials | -8.2% | -34.3% | |
Lendlease Group | $3.06 | Real Estate | -2.6% | -45.8% | |
Ingenia Communities | $3.84 | Real Estate | -1.8% | -33.5% | |
Stockland | $3.97 | Real Estate | 0.3% | -28.5% | |
Mirvac Group | $1.73 | Real Estate | 1.5% | -24.7% | |
Graincorp Class | $5.21 | Staples | -14.6% | -30.8% | |
Endeavour Group | $3.10 | Staples | -4.6% | -23.7% | |
Iress | $5.84 | Technology | -10.7% | -31.9% | |
EVT | $11.99 | Telecommunications | 2.7% | -21.5% |
S&P/ASX 200 stocks and sectors that hit a 52-week low in the past week, sorted by sectors, then one-year returns. Data as at Friday, 15 May 2026
