{"id":777037625,"date":"2026-02-04T13:31:54","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T16:31:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777037625"},"modified":"2026-04-21T14:42:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T17:42:12","slug":"agem-index-edges-down-0-9-in-january-amid-mixed-supplier-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/agem-index-edges-down-0-9-in-january-amid-mixed-supplier-performance","title":{"rendered":"AGEM Index edges down 0.9% in January amid mixed supplier performance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Despite a monthly decline, the index remains more than 11 per cent higher year-on-year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Asia.- The Association of Gaming Equipment Manufacturers (AGEM) Index slipped slightly in January, falling by 15.69 points to 1,815.99. That’s a 0.9 per cent decrease compared with December<\/a>, but the index closed the month 11.4 per cent higher year-on-year, 185.99 points above its January 2025 level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Six of the ten companies on the index saw share price declines during the month, resulting in six negative and four positive contributions to the overall index performance. The largest negative contributor was Aristocrat Leisure Limited, whose share price fell by 7.9 per cent, reducing the index by 53.41 points. Agilysys also weighed on the monthly result as its stock price declining 27.0 per cent, translating into a 20.53-point loss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On the positive side, Konami Corp. was the strongest contributor to the index. The company\u2019s 5.3 per cent increase in share price added 40.64 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Broader financial markets saw gains in January. All three major US stock indices grew, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising by 1.7 per cent, the S&P 500 by 1.4 per cent and the NASDAQ by 0.9 per cent compared with the previous month.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> AGEM Index falls 4% in December but maintains strong year-on-year growth<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Despite a monthly decline, the index remains more than 11 per cent higher year-on-year.<\/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 0.9% monthly decline in January, falling to 1,815.99 points, primarily due to share price drops from Aristocrat Leisure Limited and Agilysys. Despite this, the index remains 11.4% higher year-on-year, indicating robust long-term growth in the gaming equipment manufacturing sector. Konami Corp. was a significant positive contributor, while broader US financial markets also saw gains.","focusai_entities":"AGEM, Aristocrat Leisure Limited, Agilysys, Konami Corp., Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500, NASDAQ","focusai_location":"US","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 factors contributed to the monthly decline in the AGEM Index, and how do these short-term fluctuations align with the long-term positive trend?"},{"label":"Supplier stock impact?","query":"How do the individual stock performances of key gaming equipment suppliers like Aristocrat and Konami reflect their respective market positions and product cycle impacts?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16331,163],"tags":[556,23731],"class_list":["post-777037625","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\/777037625","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=777037625"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777037625\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777037652,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777037625\/revisions\/777037652"}],"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=777037625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777037625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777037625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}