ASX 200 stocks hitting fresh 52-week highs and lows – Week 27
Fresh highs stay thin with the usual suspects, while 52-week lows nearly doubled 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
Industrials: 4 High, 0 Low
Financials: 3 High, 3 Low
Staples: 2 High, 1 Low
Technology: 1 High, 2 Low
Materials: 1 High, 1 Low
Energy: 0 High, 2 Low
Real Estate: 0 High, 1 Low
Communications: 0 High, 1 Low
Discretionary: 0 High, 0 Low
Health Care: 0 High, 0 Low
Utilities: 0 High, 0 Low
What Does the Data Tell Us?
Not a whole lot: The list of 52-week highs and lows stays thin as the market battles conflicting narratives. The bulls point to a broadening rally, where falling oil prices have buoyed consumer-facing and yield-sensitive sectors like Discretionary, Staples, Utilities and Healthcare. The bears point to an unwinding property market (Sydney clearance rates last weekend were the lowest since 2000), still-elevated inflation, wild swings in AI-related stocks and ongoing US-Iran flareups. So the same names keep making fresh highs, most of are Industrials, Financials and Staples. Woolworths and Coles, QBE Insurance, Dalrymple Bay Infrastructure, Soul Patts, SRG Global and Ventia all showed up last week.
Lows jump: Last week only six stocks made fresh 52-week lows, led by energy names (BPT, KAR, ORG) alongside REA Group, Elders and Hub24. This week that nearly doubled to 11, broadening to Champion Iron (iron ore down a fourth straight week) and Pexa Group (likely tied to the property concerns above). Judo Capital joined after tumbling 40% in a single session last week on a shock FY26-27 earnings downgrade, while Xero and WiseTech Global continued to spiral lower.
ASX 200 stocks at 52-week highs
Ticker | Company | Close | Sector | 1 Week | 1 Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Minerals 260 | $0.85 | Materials | -8.6% | 639.1% | |
SRG Global | $4.02 | Industrials | 1.3% | 137.9% | |
Megaport | $20.26 | Technology | -3.3% | 48.7% | |
Dalrymple Bay Infrastructure | $5.82 | Industrials | 0.3% | 38.6% | |
Woolworths Group | $40.24 | Staples | 5.0% | 28.8% | |
Ventia Services Group | $6.46 | Industrials | -2.0% | 24.2% | |
Challenger | $9.75 | Financials | -0.8% | 19.9% | |
Reece | $16.73 | Industrials | 3.2% | 17.1% | |
Coles Group | $24.41 | Staples | 3.2% | 16.9% | |
Washington H. Soul Pattinson | $45.43 | Financials | 2.9% | 7.1% | |
QBE Insurance | $24.84 | Financials | 3.2% | 6.0% |
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, 26 June 2026.
ASX 200 stocks at 52-week lows
Ticker | Company | Close | Sector | 1 Week | 1 Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Champion Iron | $3.86 | Materials | -3.5% | -8.1% | |
Hub24 | $69.89 | Financials | -5.0% | -21.1% | |
Elders | $5.02 | Staples | -3.7% | -21.9% | |
Pexa Group | $10.21 | Real Estate | -9.8% | -24.6% | |
Karoon Energy | $1.26 | Energy | -12.5% | -34.0% | |
Beach Energy | $0.85 | Energy | -11.9% | -35.4% | |
Generation Development Group | $3.37 | Financials | -9.7% | -36.9% | |
REA Group | $133.54 | Communications | -4.7% | -43.9% | |
Judo Capital Holdings | $0.88 | Financials | -40.7% | -44.5% | |
Xero | $69.05 | Technology | -3.9% | -62.1% | |
Wisetech Global | $31.55 | Technology | -14.5% | -70.8% |
S&P/ASX 200 stocks and sectors that hit a 52-week low in the past week, sorted by one-year returns. Data as at Friday, 26 June 2026.
