{"id":777026127,"date":"2025-05-07T09:50:42","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T12:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777026127"},"modified":"2026-04-21T23:14:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T02:14:20","slug":"agem-index-rises-in-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/agem-index-rises-in-april","title":{"rendered":"AGEM Index rises in April"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Seven of the 12 AGEM Index companies saw stock price increases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Asia.- The AGEM Index ended April on 1,742.29 points. That&#8217;s an increase of 126.55 points or 7.8 per cent <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/agem-index-down-9-3-in-march\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sequentially<\/a>. In year-on-year terms, the index rose by 57.1 per cent, or 633.23 points. Seven of the 12 companies saw stock price increases, resulting in seven positive contributions, four negative contributions and one neutral contribution to the index.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"389\" src=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/05\/imagen_2025-05-07_073214015-900x389.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-777026128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/05\/imagen_2025-05-07_073214015-900x389.png 900w, https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/05\/imagen_2025-05-07_073214015.png 1812w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Konami was the largest positive contributor with a 15.8 per cent increase in its stock price, contributing a 91.34-point gain to the index. Meanwhile, Aristocrat Leisure Limited&#8217;s stock price increased by 4.2 per cent, leading to a 40.46-point increase. The largest negative contribution was Crane NXT, whose 8.7 per cent decrease in stock price resulted in a 6.00 point loss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2024, the AGEM Index rose by 34 per cent, the fifth-highest annual growth since the index began in 2005. 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 estimated market capitalisation.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"see-also-container\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"see-also-label\">See also:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"related-article\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"related-article__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/02\/Donaco-revenue-down-to-AU2.8-in-Q1-due-to-Covid-19-restrictions-300x200.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"related-article__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"see-also-label-strong\">See also:<\/span> <a href='https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-ggr-rises-slightly-in-march'>Macau GGR rises slightly in March<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seven 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, tracking global gaming equipment manufacturers, recorded a 7.8% sequential increase in April 2024, reaching 1,742.29 points, and a 57.1% year-on-year rise. This robust performance, driven by gains from key constituents like Konami and Aristocrat Leisure, reflects a 34% year-to-date growth, signaling strong investor confidence in the B2B gaming supplier sector.","focusai_entities":"AGEM Index, Association of Gaming Equipment Manufacturers, AGEM, Konami, Aristocrat Leisure Limited, Crane NXT","focusai_location":"Asia, United States, Australia, Tokyo","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 Growth Drivers?","query":"What specific macro-economic factors or gaming vertical performance indicators are driving the significant year-on-year and year-to-date growth observed in the AGEM Index?"},{"label":"B2B Sector M&A Impact?","query":"How might the sustained positive performance of the AGEM Index influence M&A activity, capital expenditure, or R&D investment strategies within the B2B gaming technology sector?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16331,163],"tags":[23731,29,24619],"class_list":["post-777026127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-elsewhere-news","category-finance-news","tag-agem-index","tag-casino","tag-finance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777026127","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=777026127"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777026127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777027423,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777026127\/revisions\/777027423"}],"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=777026127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777026127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777026127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}