{"id":777031288,"date":"2025-09-05T07:49:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T10:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777031288"},"modified":"2026-04-21T19:27:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T22:27:04","slug":"agem-index-up-5-in-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/agem-index-up-5-in-august","title":{"rendered":"AGEM Index up 5% in August"},"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.-  The <strong>Association of Gaming Equipment Manufacturers<\/strong> (AGEM) Index reached 1,983.73 points in August 2025, rising by 93.66 points or 5 per cent from July. In year-on-year terms, the index was up 32.1 per cent, or 481.48 points, <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/agem-index-up-5-5-in-august\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/agem-index-up-5-5-in-august\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">compared to August 2024<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eight of the 12 companies on the Index saw stock price gains during the month, generating eight positive contributions and only two negative ones. The largest positive contributor was <strong>Konami Corp<\/strong>, which saw its stock price rise 9.2 per cent, resulting in a 53.28-point gain for the index. <strong>Aristocrat Leisure Limited<\/strong> followed with a 3.8 per cent increase, adding 41.12 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"488\" src=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/AGEM-index-august-900x488.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-777031289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/AGEM-index-august-900x488.jpg 900w, https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/AGEM-index-august.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Light &amp; Wonder<\/strong> made the biggest negative impact, as its 4 per cent stock price decline led to an 8.6-point loss for the index.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All three major US stock indices rose in August. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 4.5 per cent, the NASDAQ gained 3.9 per cent and the S&amp;P 500 advanced 3.6 per cent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eight of the 12 AGEM Index companies saw stock price increases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":680,"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 gaming equipment manufacturers, advanced 5% in August 2025, reaching 1,983.73 points, marking a 32.1% year-on-year increase. Konami Corp and Aristocrat Leisure Limited were primary positive contributors, while Light & Wonder experienced the largest negative impact. This performance aligns with broader gains observed across major US stock indices.","focusai_entities":"Association of Gaming Equipment Manufacturers, Konami Corp, Aristocrat Leisure Limited, Light & Wonder, Dow Jones Industrial Average, NASDAQ, S&P 500","focusai_location":"Asia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), operator_casino (0.75), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.9), journalist_researcher (0.85)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"AGEM Index Growth Drivers?","query":"What specific market dynamics or product innovations are primarily driving the significant year-on-year growth in the AGEM Index, beyond general market trends?"},{"label":"Supplier Performance Analysis?","query":"How do the individual stock performances of Konami Corp, Aristocrat Leisure Limited, and Light & Wonder reflect their respective product cycles, market penetration strategies, or regional exposure?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16331,163],"tags":[556,23731],"class_list":["post-777031288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-elsewhere-news","category-finance-news","tag-agem","tag-agem-index"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777031288","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\/680"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777031288"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777031288\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777031298,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777031288\/revisions\/777031298"}],"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=777031288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777031288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777031288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}