ASX 200 stocks hitting fresh 52-week highs and lows – Week 42
The ASX 200 is flat YTD but small caps are bleeding, iron ore has hit a two-year low and REITs might finally be finding a floor.
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Welcome back to the 52-Week Series, where we recap the S&P/ASX 200 stocks that hit fresh yearly highs and lows last 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
Real Estate: 0 Highs, 10 Lows
Materials: 0 Highs, 5 Lows
Discretionary: 0 Highs, 4 Lows
Industrials: 2 Highs, 2 Lows
Technology: 2 Highs, 2 Lows
Health Care: 2 Highs, 1 Low
Financials: 0 Highs, 1 Low
Energy: 0 Highs, 1 Low
Utilities: 0 Highs, 0 Lows
Staples: 0 Highs, 0 Lows
Telecommunications: 0 Highs, 0 Lows
What does the data tell us?
A market devoid of leadership: The ASX 200 is trading around breakeven year-to-date and sits about 5.5% below its 6 August record high. It doesn’t sound too bad, yet 26 constituents (13%) hit a fresh 52-week low last week. Looking further down and more risk/speculative barometers like the Small Ords is down 13% year-to-date and the Emerging Companies index has shed 7.7%. It's a clear sign the market is being propped up by a handful of heavyweight banks and miners while speculative appetite runs rather thin. Sector by sector, there’s not much to get excited about. The once high-flying miners remain in a pullback, tech is showing signs of life but sits well off its 52-week highs, energy remains resilient and healthcare is arguably the strongest sector right now, though it still has some work to do to reclaim a yearly high.
REITs bounce off lows: It looks like a tentative low could be in for real estate stocks. Most names hit a fresh 52-week low last Monday before a four-day win streak lifted the S&P/ASX 200 Real Estate index almost 4% off its lowest level since December 2023. The average real estate name in the list below also gained 4.0% last week, but remains down an average 21.8% year-to-date. The key Aussie 10-year yield has taken a breather in recent days. And by breather, I mean trading sideways instead of notching fresh multi-decade highs. It’s currently at 5.36%, down from late-September highs of 5.46%.
Iron ore crumbles: Fortescue tumbled 5.3% last week as Singapore iron ore futures fell as low as US$90.90 a tonne on Friday, the lowest since September 2024. The fundamentals remain weak, with Bloomberg reporting fewer than 7% of Chinese steel mills are profitable, raising the risk of deeper production cuts. Fortescue was already under pressure after its September quarter shipments fell 6% year-on-year due to its CMRG negotiations. Peer Champion Iron has continued its downward spiral, now down 42% year-to-date and trading at its lowest level since September 2020.
ASX 200 stocks at 52-week highs
S&P/ASX 200 stocks and sectors that hit a 52-week high last week, sorted by one-year returns. Data as at Friday, 9 October 2026.
ASX 200 Real Estate stocks at 52-week lows
Ticker | Company | Close | 1 Week | 1 Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Pexa Group | $6.51 | 1.1% | -58.1% | |
Arena Reit | $2.35 | 16.3% | -38.6% | |
Charter Hall Long Wale Reit | $3.30 | 3.8% | -22.9% | |
Homeco Daily Needs Reit | $1.09 | 4.3% | -20.7% | |
Waypoint Reit | $2.12 | 1.0% | -19.7% | |
Centuria Industrial Reit Units | $2.82 | 3.3% | -17.3% | |
GPT Group | $4.55 | 2.5% | -14.6% | |
Charter Hall Retail Reit | $3.51 | 2.6% | -13.6% | |
Vicinity Centres | $2.33 | 2.6% | -8.3% | |
BWP Group | $3.59 | 2.9% | -4.5% |
S&P/ASX 200 Real Estate constituents hat hit a 52-week low last week, sorted by one-year returns. Data as at Friday, 9 October 2026.
Other ASX 200 stocks and sectors at 52-week lows
Ticker | Company | Close | Sector | 1 Week | 1 Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ARB Corporation | $17.62 | Discretionary | 0.2% | -53.7% | |
Eagers Automotive | $18.20 | Discretionary | -0.3% | -46.6% | |
Harvey Norman | $4.15 | Discretionary | -0.7% | -45.0% | |
The Lottery Corp | $5.19 | Discretionary | 6.8% | -7.2% | |
Deep Yellow | $0.98 | Energy | -12.5% | -58.3% | |
Generation Development Group | $2.79 | Financials | 2.6% | -61.9% | |
Ansell | $45.14 | Health Care | 1.3% | -4.6% | |
Silex Systems | $4.01 | Industrials | -3.8% | -44.2% | |
Worley | $9.44 | Industrials | -0.7% | -31.7% | |
Vulcan Energy | $1.42 | Materials | -17.9% | -75.5% | |
Iperionx | $2.20 | Materials | -8.3% | -73.2% | |
Champion Iron | $2.80 | Materials | -8.5% | -42.0% | |
Liontown | $0.77 | Materials | -3.1% | -28.7% | |
Fortescue | $15.34 | Materials | -5.3% | -21.1% | |
NextDC | $10.37 | Technology | -3.5% | -34.0% | |
Weebit Nano | $2.80 | Technology | -25.9% | -32.0% |
All other S&P/ASX 200 stocks and sectors that hit a 52-week low last week, sorted by sector and one-year returns. Data as at Friday, 9 October 2026.
