With just a couple of hours of trade remaining on Friday, the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) is up 3.03% so far in 2025, with a handful of ASX 200 stocks doing much of the heavy lifting.
Below, we look at three stocks that are leading the charge higher in the nascent new year by posting gains of up to 29%.
Two of the companies operate in the mining industry, while the third makes its profits in the finance sector.
Which outperforming ASX 200 stocks am I talking about?
Read on!
Three ASX 200 stocks leaping higher in 2025
The first high-flying company on my list is ASX 200 gold stock Regis Resources Ltd (ASX: RRL).
Despite the Regis Resources share price tumbling 6.2% in intraday trade today to $3.01 a share, the stock has still smashed the benchmark returns year to date.
On 31 December, Regis Resources shares closed 2024 trading for $2.55, meaning shares remain up 16.8% in 2025.
The miner enjoyed a number of tailwinds over the past weeks.
First, the gold price has soared from US$2,625 per ounce on 31 December to trade for US$2,769 per ounce today, a gain of 5.5%.
Regis Resources also released several updates in January that grabbed investor interest.
On 8 January, the ASX 200 stock reported on some record achievements reached in the December quarter.
With total gold production of 101,300 ounces over the three months, the miner achieved a record cash and bullion build of $149 million. This saw Regis Resources holding an all-time high cash and bullion balance of $529 million at 31 December.
The company released its audited quarterly results on 23 January, noting that it had repaid its $300 million Term Loan Facility early.
Moving on to the second ASX 200 stock leaping higher in 2025, we have another Aussie gold miner, Gold Road Resources Ltd (ASX: GOR).
Gold Road shares are up 0.2% in afternoon trade today at $2.48. With shares having closed out 2024 at $2.05 apiece, that sees the gold stock up 21.0% year to date.
Atop the rising gold price, the Aussie gold miner has enjoyed a strong run this month after reporting on record quarterly gold production.
For the three months to 31 December, Gold Road reported that its 50%-owned Gruyere joint venture (JV) produced a record 91,631 ounces of gold (on a 100% basis). That was up 33% from the prior quarter.
Gold sales totalled 47,745 ounces for the quarter at an average sales price of AU$4,093 per ounce.
Leading the pack into the new year
This brings us to the top-performing ASX 200 stock on my list for 2025, Insignia Financial Ltd (ASX: IFL).
Shares in the financial services company closed out 2024 trading for $3.55. At time of writing, shares are up 1.1% in intraday trade and changing hands for $4.57 apiece.
That puts the Insignia Financial share price up a whopping 28.7% year to date. And we're still in January, mind you.
The biggest boost for the ASX 200 stock has been an ongoing bidding war to acquire all of its shares.
On 23 January, Insignia Financial reported that it had received an improved non-binding and indicative proposal from Bain Capital for $4.60 a share. Bain Capital first bid $4.00 a share on 13 December before upping that to $4.30 a share on 6 January.
But Bain Capital isn't alone in seeking to acquire Insignia.
On 17 January, CC Capital Partners upped its own non-binding indicative bid to $4.60 as well.
As it stands, the bidding remains open.
