previous month<\/a>. Compared to one year ago, the index was down 132.49 points, or 13.6 per cent. <\/p>\n\n\n\nLast month, 10 of the 12 AGEM Index companies reported stock price decreases, resulting in 10 negative contributions to the AGEM Index and two positive contributions. The largest positive contribution to the monthly index was sourced to Agilysys, whose 19.2 per cent increase led to an 8.69-point gain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The largest negative contribution to the index was Aristocrat Leisure Limited, whose 12.9 per cent decrease resulted in a 39.68-point loss. Light & Wonder shares fell 9.5 per cent, leading to an 11.95-point decrease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In December 2022, all three major US stock indices saw month-on-month decreases<\/strong>. The NASDAQ decreased by 8.7 per cent from November, while the S&P 500 fell by 5.9 per cent. The Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 4.2 per cent.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe AGEM Index gathers together twelve players within the gaming equipment manufacturing sphere, including Agilysys, Ainsworth, Aristocrat, Crane, Everi, Galaxy Gaming, Inspired Entertainment, International Game Technology, Konami, Light & Wonder, PlayAGS and Transact Technologies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The AGEM Index decreased by 66.85 points to 839.10.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":27875,"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, tracking gaming equipment manufacturers, experienced a 7.4% decline in December 2022, reflecting broader market downturns observed across major US stock indices. Ten of the twelve constituent companies reported stock price decreases, with Aristocrat Leisure Limited and Light & Wonder contributing significantly to the negative performance, while Agilysys posted a notable gain.","focusai_entities":"AGEM Index, Agilysys, Aristocrat Leisure Limited, Light & Wonder, NASDAQ, S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Ainsworth, Crane, Everi, Galaxy Gaming, Inspired Entertainment, International Game Technology, Konami, PlayAGS, Transact Technologies","focusai_location":"US","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), operator_casino (0.8), product_ux (0.7), tech_data (0.7), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (1.0), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Macroeconomic Impact on AGEM?","query":"What specific macroeconomic factors beyond general market trends contributed to the disproportionate decline in gaming equipment manufacturer valuations, and how do these compare to broader capital market performance?"},{"label":"Supplier R&D Investment Impact?","query":"How might the observed decline in the AGEM Index impact B2B supply chain stability and R&D investment for new gaming verticals and platform enhancements in the coming quarters?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16331,163],"tags":[23731],"class_list":["post-777001366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-elsewhere-news","category-finance-news","tag-agem-index"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777001366","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\/226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777001366"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777001366\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777001377,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777001366\/revisions\/777001377"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777001366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777001366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777001366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}