ASX 200 stocks hitting fresh 52-week highs and lows – Week 51
The Materials sector continues to heat up, with a broadening list of names making fresh yearly highs.
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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: 12 Highs, 0 Lows
Industrials: 4 Highs, 1 Low
Energy: 2 Highs, 0 Lows
Real Estate: 2 Highs, 0 Lows
Discretionary: 0 Highs, 3 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
What Does the Data Tell Us?
We’ve been highlighting the Materials sector for weeks, initially led by gold, rare earths, and copper stocks, but momentum has since broadened to include names from lithium, iron ore, and aluminium. The S&P/ASX 200 added another 2.7% last week, marking its second consecutive weekly record close. The commodity complex is heating up on multiple fronts: a widely forecasted copper deficit in 2026, resilient iron ore prices, strong momentum in gold and silver, bottoming lithium prices, and more. Materials are shaping up to be one of the most closely watched sectors in 2026, though resource stocks will have to navigate a mixed backdrop of hawkish central banks (ex-Fed) and a mixed Chinese economy.
S&P/ASX 200 Materials chart (Source: TradingView)
ASX 200 Materials at 52-Week Highs
Ticker | Company | Close | 1 Week | 1 Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Evolution Mining | $12.76 | 6.33% | 158.30% | |
Vault Minerals | $5.35 | 8.74% | 138.57% | |
PLS Group | $4.10 | 7.89% | 87.21% | |
Emerald Resources | $5.90 | 13.90% | 63.89% | |
Mineral Resources | $52.03 | 3.75% | 48.23% | |
Sims | $18.26 | 2.47% | 46.67% | |
Greatland Resources | $9.44 | 12.65% | 29.32% | |
Fortescue | $22.98 | 3.93% | 22.63% | |
Bellevue Gold | $1.51 | 5.96% | 21.29% | |
Rio Tinto | $143.40 | 3.56% | 20.87% | |
Alcoa Corporation | $70.53 | 6.14% | 14.40% | |
BHP Group | $45.59 | 1.67% | 12.99% |
S&P/ASX 200 Materials constituents that hit 52-week highs in the past week, sorted by one-year returns. Data as at Friday, 12 December 2025.
Other Stocks at 52-Week Highs
Ticker | Company | Close | Sector | 1 Week | 1 Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ampol | $32.65 | Energy | 1.97% | 19.38% | |
Whitehaven Coal | $7.73 | Energy | -1.15% | 18.56% | |
Ventia Services Group | $5.80 | Industrials | -1.53% | 73.13% | |
Downer EDI | $7.98 | Industrials | 1.27% | 48.88% | |
Fletcher Building | $3.22 | Industrials | 0.31% | 27.78% | |
Aurizon Holdings | $3.57 | Industrials | -1.11% | 9.51% | |
BWP Group | $3.96 | Real Estate | 2.86% | 20.00% | |
National Storage Reit | $2.78 | Real Estate | 1.83% | 17.80% |
S&P/ASX 200 stocks and sectors that hit 52-week highs in the past week, sorted by one-year returns. Data as at Friday, 12 December 2025.
ASX 200 Stocks at 52-Week Lows
Ticker | Company | Close | Sector | 1 Week | 1 Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bapcor | $1.76 | Discretionary | -21.78% | -61.40% | |
Premier Investments | $14.17 | Discretionary | -6.90% | -57.43% | |
Guzman Y Gomez | $21.05 | Discretionary | -5.65% | -49.08% | |
Xero | $112.84 | Technology | -5.08% | -33.05% | |
Ebos Group | $23.80 | Health Care | -2.02% | -29.10% | |
Reliance Worldwide | $3.86 | Industrials | -5.16% | -24.46% | |
Suncorp Group | $17.30 | Financials | 2.37% | -23.63% | |
REA Group | $188.09 | Telecommunications | -1.14% | -20.69% |
S&P/ASX 200 stocks and sectors that hit 52-week lows in the past week, sorted by one-year returns. Data as at Friday, 12 December 2025.
