ASX 200 stocks hitting fresh 52-week highs and lows – Week 6
Miners are set to pull back from highs, energy stocks start to look interesting and more stocks are making fresh 52-week 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: 25 Highs, 0 Lows
Industrials: 4 Highs, 0 Lows
Energy: 4 Highs, 0 Lows
Discretionary: 1 High, 4 Lows
Technology: 1 High, 2 Lows
Financials: 0 Highs, 1 Low
Health Care: 0 Highs, 1 Low
Real Estate: 0 Highs, 3 Lows
Telecommunications: 0 Highs, 2 Lows
Utilities: 0 Highs, 0 Lows
Staples: 0 Highs, 0 Lows
What Does the Data Tell Us?
Materials momentum peaks, then reverses. The sector saw another strong count of miners hitting 52-week highs last week, featuring the usual mix of gold, copper, iron ore and lithium stocks. The average materials stock gained 0.90%, though most finished well below their weekly highs after commodity prices pulled back sharply in late Friday trade.
Broad commodities selloff brings elevated volatility. Commodity markets experienced a broad-based selloff on Friday, with notable declines from silver (-26.3%), platinum (-18.0%), palladium (-14.6%), gold (-9.0%), tin (-6.1%), copper (-5.0%). This sharp pullback will likely trigger further sector weakness on Monday and a sustained pickup in volatility.
Energy builds quiet strength. Oil is trading at ~5-month highs, Newcastle coal futures rallied 6% last Friday to US$118/tonne (highest since Feb-25), and uranium futures briefly topped US$100/lb for the first time since February 2024. While we're not yet seeing a high count of energy stocks making yearly highs, it's worth watching if more names start to break out.
52-week lows creeping higher. The low count is rising across a broad mix of themes: Tech (WTC, XRO), classifieds (CAR, SEK, NWS), and REITs (LLC, DXS).
ASX 200 Materials at 52-Week Highs
Ticker | Company | Close | 1 Week | 1 Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Resolute Mining | $1.36 | 5.4% | 262.7% | |
Westgold Resources | $7.36 | 1.2% | 225.7% | |
Evolution Mining | $14.71 | 4.3% | 159.4% | |
Regis Resources | $8.06 | 6.3% | 158.3% | |
Newmont Corporation | $173.28 | 0.8% | 152.7% | |
Catalyst Metals | $8.62 | -5.5% | 143.5% | |
Genesis Minerals | $7.59 | 1.7% | 140.2% | |
West African Resources | $3.69 | -0.3% | 123.0% | |
Perseus Mining | $5.90 | -2.6% | 105.6% | |
Sandfire Resources | $19.85 | 3.9% | 103.8% | |
PLS Group | $4.29 | -14.9% | 92.4% | |
Capricorn Metals | $14.79 | -0.5% | 87.9% | |
Ramelius Resources | $4.72 | 3.1% | 87.3% | |
Capstone Copper Corp | $16.55 | 7.0% | 85.1% | |
IGO | $8.32 | -10.4% | 74.1% | |
Mineral Resources | $57.15 | -7.7% | 72.8% | |
Emerald Resources | $7.45 | 2.5% | 71.7% | |
Northern Star Resources | $28.94 | 10.5% | 68.0% | |
Greatland Resources | $13.15 | 1.5% | 67.2% | |
Sims | $20.28 | -0.5% | 51.5% | |
Bellevue Gold | $1.89 | 4.4% | 51.4% | |
South32 | $4.62 | 5.0% | 39.6% | |
Rio Tinto | $151.55 | 0.4% | 31.9% | |
BHP Group | $50.57 | 5.2% | 28.9% | |
Dyno Nobel | $3.51 | 0.9% | 18.6% |
S&P/ASX 200 Materials constituents that hit 52-week highs in the past week, sorted by one-year returns. Data as at Friday, 30 January 2026.
Other Stocks at 52-Week Highs
Ticker | Company | Close | Sector | 1 Week | 1 Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nick Scali | $24.56 | Discretionary | -4.1% | 55.1% | |
Deep Yellow | $2.84 | Energy | 23.5% | 115.2% | |
Nexgen Energy | $18.68 | Energy | 2.1% | 74.1% | |
Paladin Energy | $13.84 | Energy | 3.6% | 61.5% | |
Whitehaven Coal | $8.83 | Energy | -2.5% | 45.7% | |
Monadelphous Group | $31.14 | Industrials | 2.2% | 101.7% | |
ALS | $24.64 | Industrials | 2.3% | 53.0% | |
Fletcher Building | $3.25 | Industrials | -2.7% | 25.5% | |
Aurizon Holdings | $3.69 | Industrials | 3.7% | 15.3% | |
Codan | $38.04 | Technology | -2.4% | 134.4% |
All other 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, 30 January 2026.
ASX 200 Stocks at 52-Week Lows
Ticker | Company | Close | Sector | 1 Week | 1 Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wisetech Global | $58.00 | Technology | -6.0% | -51.7% | |
Xero | $93.75 | Technology | -4.1% | -48.5% | |
Ebos Group | $22.10 | Health Care | -2.7% | -38.7% | |
ARB Corporation | $25.81 | Discretionary | -5.9% | -30.5% | |
Car Group | $27.60 | Telecommunications | -6.8% | -30.4% | |
Suncorp Group | $17.00 | Financials | 1.3% | -28.2% | |
Aristocrat Leisure | $53.56 | Discretionary | -7.2% | -27.7% | |
Lendlease Group | $4.84 | Real Estate | -4.7% | -24.1% | |
JB Hi-Fi | $81.15 | Discretionary | -6.2% | -19.9% | |
Ingenia Communities | $4.73 | Real Estate | -5.4% | -14.8% | |
News Corporation | $43.85 | Telecommunications | -1.8% | -13.7% | |
Temple & Webster Group | $12.05 | Discretionary | -5.0% | -12.9% | |
Dexus Units | $6.72 | Real Estate | -2.6% | -6.8% |
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, 30 January 2026.
