{"id":777036591,"date":"2026-01-08T08:58:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T11:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777036591"},"modified":"2026-04-21T15:35:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T18:35:23","slug":"agem-index-falls-4-in-december-but-maintains-strong-year-on-year-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/agem-index-falls-4-in-december-but-maintains-strong-year-on-year-growth","title":{"rendered":"AGEM Index falls 4% in December but maintains strong year-on-year growth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Seven of the ten gaming suppliers in the index closed the month lower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Asia.- The AGEM Index declined in December by 75.93 points<\/strong> to 1,831.68<\/strong> \u2013 a 4 per cent<\/strong> decrease from November<\/a>. The index closed 2-25 up 17.1 per cent higher year-on-year<\/strong>, 266.86 points<\/strong> ahead of December 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seven of the ten companies that make up the Association of Gaming Equipment Manufacturers (AGEM) Index saw share price declines during the month, resulting in seven negative and three positive contributions to the overall index value.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The largest negative contributor in December was Konami Corp.<\/strong>, whose 10.5 per cent<\/strong> drop in share price reduced the index by 64.20 points<\/strong>. Crane NXT<\/strong> also weighed on performance, with its stock falling 16.4 per cent<\/strong>, translating into a 14.12-point<\/strong> decline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the positive side, Light & Wonder<\/strong> was the strongest performer. The company\u2019s 3.0 per cent<\/strong> share price increase added 8.01 points<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In broader financial markets, two of the three major US stock indices slipped in December: the NASDAQ<\/strong> by 0.5 per cent<\/strong> and the S&P 500<\/strong> by 0.1 per cent<\/strong>. The Dow Jones Industrial Average<\/strong> rose 0.7 per cent<\/strong> compared with the prior month.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> AGEM Index slipped 2% in November<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Seven of the ten gaming suppliers in the index closed the month lower.<\/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 experienced a 4% decline in December, falling by 75.93 points to 1,831.68, despite a 17.1% year-on-year increase. This monthly downturn was primarily driven by share price drops from seven of the ten constituent gaming suppliers, with Konami Corp. and Crane NXT being the largest negative contributors, while Light & Wonder provided a positive offset. The performance contrasts with mixed results in broader US capital markets.","focusai_entities":"AGEM, Association of Gaming Equipment Manufacturers, Konami Corp., Crane NXT, Light & Wonder, NASDAQ, S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average","focusai_location":"US","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), operator_casino (0.7), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.9), journalist_researcher (0.8)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Konami's Decline Factors?","query":"What specific market or operational factors contributed to Konami Corp.'s significant share price decline in December, and what are the implications for its gaming vertical performance and competitive positioning?"},{"label":"AGEM Index Q1 Outlook?","query":"Given the December decline, what is the projected trajectory for the AGEM Index in Q1, and how might broader capital market volatility impact gaming supplier valuations and investor sentiment?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16331,163],"tags":[556,23731],"class_list":["post-777036591","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\/777036591","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=777036591"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777036591\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777036600,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777036591\/revisions\/777036600"}],"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=777036591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777036591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777036591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}