ASX Energy and Metal Stocks Surge: Whay & What To Look?

Recently, AU stocks market's performance was surprisingly higher than the US counterpart. One of the main reasons is that AU market consists of many defensive stocks. Among them, energy and metal stocks had stellar performance in 2022 with oil prices continuing to achieve record highs.

This article gonna introduce you 1. Opprotunities to invest in AU best sectors. and 2. Why do these two sectors perform well as US counterpart experienced "bearsih" and "volatile" moves in the past 5 months?

1. Recent situations of energy and metal stocks

Last week, mining and metal stocks like $BHP Billiton(BHP)$$Rio Tinto PLC(RIO)$  and $FORTESCUE METALS GROUP LTD(FMG.AU)$  rose between 1.1 per cent and 2.8 per cent.

Major oil and gas explorers $WOODSIDE PETROLEUM LIMITED(WPL.AU)$ and $SANTOS LIMITED(STO.AU)$ gained 0.5 % and 1.2% respectively.

2. What opportunities to invest in AU stocks?

The two sectors have been doing well since the beginning of this year: $MINERAL RESOURCES LTD(MIN.AU)$ $WOODSIDE PETROLEUM LIMITED(WPL.AU)$ $BHP Billiton(BHP)$ $FORTESCUE METALS GROUP LTD(FMG.AU)$ $Rio Tinto PLC(RIO)$ $Lynas Rare Earths(LYC.AU)$ $NEWCREST MINING LIMITED(NCM.AU)$

This chart shows the top energy stocks in ASX, with most of them rising in the past 6 months and 5 years. There is only one exception-$WOODSIDE PETROLEUM LIMITED(WPL.AU)$ because it can't return to its all-time high. 

These companies all established in the last century and had experienced ups and downs. But the last 5 years' performance showed that these companies not only performed well due to high oil prices but also had sustainable growth.

3. Why do these two sectors perform well?

(1) High oil prices and inflation

As one of the world's largest oil producers and gas exporters, Australia benefits from surging global supply of crude oil and natural gas. Rate hikes and tightning monetary policy lead to capital shifting to defensive areas, i.e. the energy and metal sector of the AU stock market.

(2) Low valuation

Australian energy and metal sectors' share prices were below many of its European and US market peers altough they have good fundamentals.

In 2020, many energy companies had suffered from negative oil prices and failed to bounce back for a long time. Therefore, their valuations are way lower than what they deserved. 

Under the rate hikes environment, many tech stocks began to fall because they are overvalued. However, these underestimated stocks can return to their normal value.

Conclusion

Against this backdrop, AU stocks had stellar performance and may continue its rally. It should be noted that many AU stocks in the energy and metal stocks haven't returned to their record highs and may have buying opportunities.

Wish you stay safe in investment~

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