The AGEM Index<\/a>, which measures the performance of gaming suppliers\u2019 stocks, declined by 45.71 points month-on-month to 925.87 in January. The figure represents a 4.7 per cent decrease. Compared with the same period last year, the index was up 229.80 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\nIn the most recent period, nine AGEM index companies reported declines in share prices<\/strong>, amid a broad market decline. As a result, three companies contributed positively to the index, while the other nine contributed negatively.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe biggest contributor in January was Japan’s Konami Holdings Corp<\/strong>, the parent company of casino equipment firm Konami Australia Pty Ltd and US-based Konami Gaming Inc. Its shares rose 11.1 per cent, leading to a gain of 16.69 points. index.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe biggest negative for the index was Aristocrat Leisure Ltd, an Australian provider of slot machines and digital game content. Its broader shares fell 7.4 per cent, sending the AGEM index down 35.24 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Association of Gaming Equipment Manufacturers\u2019 (AGEM) provides an index of 12 gaming supplier companies <\/strong>based on the main stock exchanges around the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Compared to one year ago, the AGEM Index increased by 229.80 points for an annual growth rate of 33 per cent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":11563,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The AGEM Index, which tracks gaming supplier stocks, experienced a 4.7% month-on-month decline in January, reaching 925.87 points, despite maintaining a robust 33% annual growth. Konami Holdings Corp was the primary positive contributor, while Aristocrat Leisure Ltd significantly impacted the index negatively amidst a broader market downturn affecting nine of the twelve constituent companies.","focusai_entities":"Konami Holdings Corp, Konami Australia Pty Ltd, Konami Gaming Inc., Aristocrat Leisure Ltd, Association of Gaming Equipment Manufacturers (AGEM)","focusai_location":"Asia, Japan, Australia, US","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), operator_casino (0.75), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (1.0), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Market Decline Factors","query":"What specific macroeconomic or sector-specific factors are identified as primary drivers for the broad market decline impacting nine AGEM index companies in January?"},{"label":"M&A Implications","query":"Given the AGEM Index's 33% annual growth, how might this sustained upward trend influence M&A valuations and consolidation strategies within the B2B gaming supplier segment?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16331,163],"tags":[556],"class_list":["post-26982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-elsewhere-news","category-finance-news","tag-agem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26982"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26982\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27003,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26982\/revisions\/27003"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}