{"id":777022677,"date":"2025-02-07T09:16:37","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T12:16:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777022677"},"modified":"2026-04-22T02:01:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T05:01:46","slug":"agem-index-up-4-2-in-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/agem-index-up-4-2-in-january","title":{"rendered":"AGEM Index up 4.2% in January"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Eight of the 12 AGEM Index companies saw stock price increases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Asia.-&nbsp;The&nbsp;<strong>AGEM Index&nbsp;<\/strong>reached 1,630.00 points in January. That\u2019s an increase of 65.18 points or 4.2 per cent&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/agem-index-down-4-8-in-december\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">compared to the previous month<\/a>. In year-on-year terms, the index rose 39.5 per cent, or 461.90 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eight of the 12 AGEM Index companies saw stock price decreases, leaving four negative contributions to the index. Aristocrat Leisure Limited was the largest positive contributor with a 10.5 per cent increase in stock price. Meanwhile, Crane NXT&#8217;s stock price increased by 9.9 per cent, leading to a 9.19-point increase for the index and Agilysys stock price decreased by 31.5 per cent, leading to a 20.22-point loss.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"325\" src=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/02\/imagen_2025-02-07_064617918-900x325.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-777022678\" srcset=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/02\/imagen_2025-02-07_064617918-900x325.png 900w, https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/02\/imagen_2025-02-07_064617918.png 1804w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: AGEM Index.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In 2024,<strong>\u00a0the AGEM Index rose by 34 per cent<\/strong>. It was the fifth-highest growing year since the index began in 2005. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Created by the Association of Gaming Equipment Manufacturers (AGEM), the index lists 12 global gaming suppliers. Nine are based in the United States and are listed on the NYSE, Nasdaq, or OTC market, while two are listed on the Australian exchange and one on the Tokyo exchange. The index is calculated using the month-end stock price of each company, adjusted for dividends and splits, and is weighted based on an estimated market capitalisation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eight of the 12 AGEM Index companies saw stock price increases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":777018870,"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, a benchmark for global gaming equipment suppliers, recorded a 4.2% month-on-month increase in January, reaching 1,630.00 points, and a substantial 39.5% year-on-year growth. This performance, primarily driven by strong stock price appreciation from key constituents like Aristocrat Leisure and Crane NXT, underscores robust investor confidence and positive market sentiment within the B2B gaming technology sector.","focusai_entities":"AGEM Index, Aristocrat Leisure Limited, Crane NXT, Agilysys, Association of Gaming Equipment Manufacturers (AGEM), NYSE, Nasdaq, OTC market","focusai_location":"United States, Australia, Japan","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), operator_casino (0.7), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (1.0), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"AGEM Index Drivers","query":"What specific market catalysts, such as new product launches, regulatory approvals, or M&A activities, underpinned the significant stock price appreciation for Aristocrat Leisure and Crane NXT, and conversely, the decline for Agilysys, within the AGEM Index in January?"},{"label":"B2B Sector Outlook","query":"Given the AGEM Index's robust year-on-year growth, what are the projected capital expenditure trends among B2C operators for new gaming equipment and technology in 2024, and how might this impact supplier revenue forecasts and market share dynamics?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16331,163],"tags":[23731],"class_list":["post-777022677","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\/777022677","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=777022677"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777022677\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777022719,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777022677\/revisions\/777022719"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777018870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777022677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777022677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777022677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}