Stocks hitting 52-week lows are definitely clustered into commodities based sectors. The following eight stocks are a detailed account of the negative news hitting shares now.

Agnico-Eagle Mines Ltd. (NYSE:AEM): Gold stock futures have closed as much as $10 an ounce lower giving several losing sessions for mining.  AEM shares recently traded at $35.77, up 0.55, or 1.56%.

Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (NYSEARCA:GDX): Even though gold has been up 12% this year, gold miners are down almost 16%, and some smaller miners have lost nearly 40% of value. While mining stocks normally outperform gold bull markets, they are being challenged by wary investors and risings costs. GDX shares recently traded at $51.20, up $1.14, or 2.28%.

IAMGOLD Corp. (NYSE:IAG): Another gold stock that hit a 52-week low ($15.10). IAG shares recently traded at $15.67, up 0.47, or 3.09%.

Kinross Gold Corporation (NYSE:KGC): Kinross dropped as low as $11.10, but shares recently traded at $11.31, up 0.17, or 1.53%.

Molycorp, Inc. (NYSE:MCP): After China reported it would cut quotas for rare earth export, Credit Suisse said changes in the reporting may have made the numbers seem more severe, but stands by its previous expectation of about a 3 percent rise for 2012. MCP shares recently traded lower at $23.46, down 0.58, or 2.41%.

Pan American Silver Corp. (PASS):  Silver mining has hit new lows at well.  After dropping to a new low of $19.93, shares of PAAS have traded slightly higher at $21.08, up 0.68, or 3.33%.

iShares Silver Trust (NYSEARCA:SLV):  Following the “low for the year” trend, SLV went down to $25.65 and has recently traded at $27.07, up 0.80, or 3.05%.

United States Natural Gas (NYSE:UNG): Weather forecasts are calling for “super above” normal temperatures, so demand for heating drops along with natural gas shares.  UNG found its 52-week low at $6.50 and shares are still low, trading recently at $6.58, down -0.20, or -2.95%.

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