Ten stocks capped off last week’s trading with eye-popping gains, thanks to a series of rallies in precious metals and positive clinical trial results, among others. Of the 10 firms, five notably notched new record highs.
In this article, we identify the 10 top-performing stocks last week and detail the reasons behind their gains.
To come up with the list, we focused exclusively on stocks with a $2 billion market capitalization and 5 million shares in trading volume.
The stocks were chosen based on the percentage changes in their prices on January 16 and 23, 2026.
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10. IAMGOLD Corp. (NYSE:IAG)
IAMGOLD grew its share prices by 22.01 percent week-on-week, as investor sentiment was primarily fueled by the record runs in prices of silver and gold and strong preliminary results for full-year 2025.
During the week, the stock rallied to a 14-year high, mimicking its mining counterparts and the spot prices of silver and gold, with the said metals clocking growth of 14.5 percent and 8.4 percent week-on-week, at $102.9 and $4,982.91.
Sentiment was further supported by IAMGOLD Corp.’s (NYSE:IAG) announcement earlier in the week that it was able to achieve its gold production target for full-year 2025, ending at 765,900 ounces, thanks to strong production from its Essakane, Cote, and Westwood sites.
Official results are scheduled to be announced after market close on February 17, 2026.
For this year, the company is targeting to hit gold production between 720,000 and 820,000 ounces, as it focuses on sustainable operations at nameplate levels ahead of an expansion plan set to be announced in the fourth quarter of the year.
In other news, several analysts issued a “buy” recommendation for shares of IAMGOLD Corp. (NYSE:IAG).
TD Securities gave the highest price target of $24, followed by Canaccord, which raised its price target to $23.32 from $11.05 previously. Bank of America, for its part, issued a $20.50 fair value assessment.
9. Orla Mining Ltd. (NYSEAmerican:ORLA)
Orla Mining grew its share prices by 25 percent week-on-week to hit a new all-time high, rallying alongside its counterparts after gold prices surged to a fresh peak and announcements of a record-breaking gold production performance last year.
In Friday’s trading alone, Orla Mining Ltd. (NYSEAmerican:ORLA) jumped to its highest price of $18.50 before paring gains to finish the session just up by 5.91 percent at $18.45 apiece.
This followed gold’s climb to the $4,900 level—a new record high, as precious metals, which are typically treated as safe assets, continued to attract investor interest amid ongoing geopolitical tensions and trade uncertainties between the US and its neighboring countries.
Sentiment was further supported by news earlier in the week that it exceeded its total production target last year, ending at 300,620 ounces versus its guidance of 265,000 to 285,000 ounces.
In the same year, Orla Mining Ltd. (NYSEAmerican:ORLA) sold as much as 297,013 ounces of gold.
“Thanks to the effort and dedication of our people across the business, we successfully exceeded our annual production guidance—delivering more than 300,000 ounces for the first time in our history. The strength of our diversified portfolio was clearly demonstrated in the second half of 2025, driven by outstanding execution by our operations teams in Mexico and Canada,” said Orla Mining Ltd. (NYSEAmerican:ORLA) President and CEO Jason Simpson.
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