Daily Metals Mining Rundown for 2 Jan 2026 (after-market ASX)

STRONG START to the year for metal prices, especially precious metals with platinum opening the year up +5%, silver +4%, palladium +3%, and gold & rhodium +2%, while all 3 important base metals cobalt, nickel, and copper also rose by 1%; ASX mining stocks also started the year strong across the metals spectrum, with most rising by multiple percent today.

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Host Rock Capital
January 02, 2026

Today’s metal price movements (since new years eve) and mining company peer group movements through ASX trading (including NYE’s TSX/NY movements):

Top and bottom 40 daily performing metals mining company stocks (out of 503 in our Peer Table) through ASX trading (including NYE’s TSX/NY movements):

No company announcements incorporated into today’s after-market ASX Peer Table (resource updates, economic studies, changes in attributable project ownership).

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