3 ASX shares leaping to new 52-week highs in today's sinking market

These ASX shares are shrugging off the broader market jitters to hit new 52-week plus highs.

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The All Ordinaries Index (ASX: XAO) is down 1.6% today amid ongoing global tariff uncertainties, but three ASX shares are shrugging off the market worries to notch new 52-week plus highs. 

Here's what happening.

ASX shares posting new 52-week highs

Up first we have Farm Pride Foods Ltd (ASX: FRM).

Shares in the Aussie egg company are up 4.8% to 22 cents in very thin trade today.

This puts the ASX share up 83.3% in a year and trading at its highest levels since February 2022.

At the company's half-year results (H1 FY 2025), reported on 26 February, Farm Pride reported an after tax profit of $1.6 million, up from a loss of $920,000 in H1 FY 2024. Management noted this marked the first half-yearly profit the company had achieved since the financial year ending 30 June 2018.

The second ASX share hitting new 52-week plus highs despite today's sinking market is Australian Agricultural Co Ltd (ASX: AAC).

Shares in the Australian beef producer are up 0.3% today, changing hand for $1.535 apiece.

While that's a slender intraday gain, it sees the Australian Agricultural share price up 9.6% in a year and trading at the highest level since June 2023.

The last price-sensitive news from the ASX share was the release of its half-year results (H1 FY 2025).

Australian Agriculture reported a 17.0% year on year increase in revenue to $195.5 million and a statutory net profit after tax of $23.6 million, up from a loss of $105.5 million in H1 FY 2024. However, with operating profit margins sliding from 18.1% to 10.3%, operating profits fell 32.9% year on year to $20.2 million.

Rounding off the list of ASX shares shrugging off today's market sell-down to hit new 52-week highs is New Murchison Gold Ltd (ASX: NMG), formerly known as Ora Gold.

The New Murchinson Gold share price is up 7.7% to 1.4 cents a share, giving it a market cap of just over $108 million. This puts the share price up 40% in a year.

The ASX share closed up 33.3% on Monday following a promising exploration update from the Garden Gully Gold Project in Western Australia.

Commenting on the exploration results earlier this week, New Murchison Gold CEO Alex Passmore said:

While we caution that assays are awaited …we are pleased to report the strong visual indications of mineralisation in a key extensional area for the Crown Prince resource.

Motley Fool contributor Bernd Struben has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool Australia's parent company Motley Fool Holdings Inc. has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool Australia has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy. This article contains general investment advice only (under AFSL 400691). Authorised by Scott Phillips.

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