ASX 200 stocks hitting fresh 52-week highs and lows – Week 26
A thin list of 52-week highs skews defensive, while the lows narrow to mostly energy names still trending down.
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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: 5 Highs, 0 Lows
Industrials: 4 Highs, 0 Lows
Financials: 3 Highs, 1 Low
Utilities: 1 High, 1 Low
Staples: 1 High, 1 Low
Telecommunications: 0 Highs, 1 Low
Energy: 0 Highs, 2 Lows
Discretionary: 0 Highs, 0 Lows
Health Care: 0 Highs, 0 Lows
Technology: 0 Highs, 0 Lows
Real Estate: 0 Highs, 0 Lows
What Does the Data Tell Us?
Not a whole lot: Markets remain incredibly choppy, as the ASX 200 ran a three-day win streak from Monday to Wednesday last week, gaining 1.8%, before losing 1.5% over the next two sessions to finish up just 0.28% for the week. The bull case rests on oil, down around 30% over the past month as US-Iran tensions ease, plus still-solid commodity prices and unwavering support for anything AI. The bear case is a hawkish Fed, now a coinflip between one and two 25 basis point hikes by year end, cyclicals losing momentum despite the oil selloff, and a softening Aussie property market. The result is a thin list of stocks making highs, most of which are defensives, and an even thinner list of lows. Most of the downward spiraling names from earlier this year have bottomed and started to bounce, leaving mainly energy stocks still trending lower.
ASX 200 stocks at 52-week highs
Ticker | Company | Close | Sector | 1 Week | 1 Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Challenger | $9.83 | Financials | 2.7% | 23.8% | |
Macquarie Group | $249.82 | Financials | 3.0% | 16.5% | |
Washington H. Soul Pattinson | $44.16 | Financials | -0.5% | 6.3% | |
SRG Global | $3.97 | Industrials | 4.5% | 151.3% | |
Dalrymple Bay Infrastructure | $5.80 | Industrials | -1.5% | 42.2% | |
Ventia Services Group | $6.59 | Industrials | 1.4% | 30.0% | |
Transurban Group | $15.06 | Industrials | -3.5% | 5.7% | |
Minerals 260 | $0.93 | Materials | 8.1% | 708.7% | |
Sims | $29.20 | Materials | 0.3% | 91.0% | |
BHP Group | $61.40 | Materials | -2.4% | 68.3% | |
Bluescope Steel | $33.24 | Materials | -0.7% | 48.1% | |
Dyno Nobel | $3.79 | Materials | -1.8% | 42.5% | |
Woolworths Group | $38.32 | Staples | 0.0% | 21.4% | |
APA Group | $10.29 | Utilities | -5.3% | 20.8% |
S&P/ASX 200 stocks and sectors that hit a 52-week high in the past week, sorted by sector, then one-year returns. Data as at Friday, 19 June 2026.
ASX 200 stocks at 52-week lows
S&P/ASX 200 stocks and sectors that hit a 52-week low in the past week, sorted by sector, then one-year returns. Data as at Friday, 19 June 2026.
