{"id":777032941,"date":"2025-10-10T08:34:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T11:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777032941"},"modified":"2026-04-21T18:19:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T21:19:28","slug":"agem-index-down-3-in-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/agem-index-down-3-in-september","title":{"rendered":"AGEM Index down 3% in September"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Five companies saw gains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Asia.- The <strong>Association of Gaming Equipment Manufacturers (AGEM) Index<\/strong> fell by <strong>58.52 points<\/strong> to <strong>1,925.21<\/strong> in <strong>September 2025<\/strong>, a <strong>3 per cent decrease<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/agem-index-up-5-in-august\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/agem-index-up-5-in-august\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">from the previous month<\/a>. Compared to September 2024, the index was up <strong>24 per cent<\/strong>, or <strong>372.62 points<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Half of the ten AGEM Index companies saw stock price increases, resulting in five positive and five negative contributions. The largest negative impact came from Konami Corp, whose <strong>4.7 per cent<\/strong> stock price drop led to a <strong>30.84-point loss<\/strong>. <strong>Aristocrat Leisure Limited<\/strong> followed with a <strong>3.6 per cent decline<\/strong>, subtracting <strong>23.50 points<\/strong> from the index.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"336\" src=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/agem-1-900x336.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-777032942\" srcset=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/agem-1-900x336.png 900w, https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/agem-1.png 1907w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>strongest performer<\/strong> was <strong>Crane NXT Co<\/strong>, which gained <strong>12.3 per cent<\/strong>, adding <strong>14.24 points<\/strong> to the index.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All three major US stock indices rose in September. The <strong>NASDAQ<\/strong> increased by <strong>5.6 per cent<\/strong>, the <strong>S&amp;P 500<\/strong> by <strong>3.5 per cent<\/strong> and the <strong>Dow Jones Industrial Average<\/strong> by <strong>1.9 per cent<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"378\" src=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/agem-2-900x378.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-777032943\" srcset=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/agem-2-900x378.png 900w, https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/agem-2.png 1912w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\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\/09\/AGEM_Index_Logo_New-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/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\/agem-index-up-5-in-august'>AGEM Index up 5% in August<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Five companies saw gains.<\/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 Association of Gaming Equipment Manufacturers (AGEM) Index experienced a 3% decline in September 2025 compared to the previous month, yet demonstrated a robust 24% year-over-year growth. Key contributors to the monthly dip included Konami Corp and Aristocrat Leisure Limited, while Crane NXT Co posted significant gains. This performance contrasts with the positive trajectory of major US stock indices during the same period.","focusai_entities":"Association of Gaming Equipment Manufacturers, AGEM, Konami Corp, Aristocrat Leisure Limited, Crane NXT Co, NASDAQ, S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average","focusai_location":"Asia, United States","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.85), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (1.0), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"AGEM Index Drivers?","query":"What specific macro-economic factors or shifts in gaming vertical performance contributed to the AGEM Index's 3% monthly decline despite robust year-over-year growth?"},{"label":"Supplier Performance Analysis?","query":"How do the individual stock performances of Konami Corp, Aristocrat Leisure Limited, and Crane NXT Co reflect their respective market strategies, product cycles, or regional exposure within the global gaming equipment sector?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16331,163],"tags":[556,23731],"class_list":["post-777032941","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\/777032941","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=777032941"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777032941\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777032978,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777032941\/revisions\/777032978"}],"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=777032941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777032941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777032941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}