{"id":777006039,"date":"2023-06-07T08:56:43","date_gmt":"2023-06-07T11:56:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777006039"},"modified":"2026-04-22T21:12:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T00:12:41","slug":"agem-index-down-1-5-in-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/agem-index-down-1-5-in-may","title":{"rendered":"AGEM Index down 1.5% in May"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Despite the decline, six of the 12 AGEM Index companies reported stock price increases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Asia.- The AGEM Index fell by 1.5 per cent&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/agem-index-up-2-7-in-april\" target=\"_blank\">month-on-month<\/a>&nbsp;to 956.98 in May. Compared to the same month last year, the index was up by 8.4 per cent or&nbsp;<strong>73.87 points<\/strong>. Six out of the 12 AGEM Index companies saw their stock prices rise, contributing positively to the index, while six contributed negatively.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Konami Corp.<\/strong> and Crane NXT, Co. were the top contributors to the monthly index, with gains of 10.5 per cent and 11.1 per cent, respectively. International Game Technology PLC was the bigger negative contributor, with a loss of 12.8 per cent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The three major US stock indices ended May 2023 with mixed results. The tech-heavy NASDAQ Composite rose 5.8 per cent, while the more diversified S&amp;P 500 Index gained 0.2 per cent. The blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 3.5 per cent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite the decline, six of the 12 AGEM Index companies reported stock price increases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":777001538,"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 experienced a 1.5% month-on-month decline in May, yet demonstrated an 8.4% year-on-year increase. Key contributors to the monthly index included Konami Corp. and Crane NXT, Co., while International Game Technology PLC was a significant negative contributor. This performance occurred amidst mixed results in major US stock indices.","focusai_entities":"AGEM Index, Konami Corp., Crane NXT, Co., International Game Technology PLC, NASDAQ Composite, S&P 500 Index, Dow Jones Industrial Average","focusai_location":"Asia, US","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.8), operator_casino (0.7), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.9), journalist_researcher (0.8)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"AGEM Index Outlook?","query":"What are the projected drivers for the AGEM Index's performance in the coming quarters, considering the divergent trends in B2B supplier valuations and broader market indices?"},{"label":"Supplier Performance Disparity?","query":"What specific operational or market factors contributed to International Game Technology PLC's significant negative performance compared to the gains seen by Konami Corp. and Crane NXT, Co.?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16331,163],"tags":[23731],"class_list":["post-777006039","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\/777006039","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=777006039"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777006039\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777006074,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777006039\/revisions\/777006074"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777001538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777006039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777006039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777006039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}