ASX 200 stocks hitting fresh 52-week highs and lows – Week 12

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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 sectorEnergy: 3 High, 0 LowHealth Care: 1 High, 4 LowStaples: 1 High, 2 LowFinancials: 0 High, 7 LowReal Estate: 0 High, 7 LowDiscretionary: 0 High, 5 LowIndustrials: 0 High, 4 LowMaterials: 0 High, 1 LowTechnology: 0 High, 1 LowUtilities: 0 High, 0 LowTelecommunications: 0 High, 0 LowWhat Does the Data Tell Us?Where did the highs go: The S&P/ASX 200 fell 2.6% last week and is now down around 6.3% from its 2 March all-time high, wiping out any stocks trading at 52-week highs in the process. Energy has been the clear beneficiary of the Iran crisis, with crude surging to US$100 a barrel and sympathy gains flowing through to LNG and coal.Consumers and real estate take a hit: The RBA is widely expected to hike on Tuesday, which would make it the first major central bank to deliver back-to-back rate hikes. The Iran conflict is complicating Australia's interest rate outlook, with some economists now penciling in three 25bp hikes by year end, a tough backdrop given inflation was never comfortably within the RBA's 2-3% target band to begin with. Australian yields have surged in response, with the 10-year closing above 5.0% last Thursday for the first time since August 2011 and trading at a premium to most developed markets. Rate-sensitive sectors like retail and real estate have borne the brunt of the selloff.Breadth takes a turn: The number of S&P/ASX 200 stocks hitting fresh 52-week lows jumped to 31 last week, up from 14 the week prior.ASX 200 stocks at 52-week highsTickerCompanyCloseSector1 Week1 YearYALYancoal Australia$8.06Energy27.3%50.1%NHCNew Hope Corporation$5.35Energy6.2%44.6%WDSWoodside Energy $31.04Energy0.9%36.1%RHCRamsay Health Care$42.23Health Care-5.1%22.0%A2MThe A2 Milk Company$9.58Staples-3.8%8.3%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 Fri...

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