{"id":777038883,"date":"2026-03-09T08:42:44","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T11:42:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777038883"},"modified":"2026-04-21T13:42:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T16:42:31","slug":"agem-index-dropped-10-5-in-february-as-gaming-supplier-stocks-retreat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/agem-index-dropped-10-5-in-february-as-gaming-supplier-stocks-retreat","title":{"rendered":"AGEM Index dropped 10.5% in February as gaming supplier stocks retreat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Nine of its ten listed companies on the gaming equipment supplier index fell month-on-month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Asia.- The Association of Gaming Equipment Manufacturers (AGEM) Index dropped in February by 190.70 points to 1,625.28. That represents a <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/agem-index-edges-down-0-9-in-january-amid-mixed-supplier-performance\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/agem-index-edges-down-0-9-in-january-amid-mixed-supplier-performance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">10.5 per cent decline compared with January<\/a> and leaves the index down 8.7 per cent year-on-year, or 155.33 points below its level in February 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nine of the ten companies tracked by the index saw share price declines during the month, resulting in nine negative contributions and just one positive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"347\" src=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/03\/AGEM-index-1-900x347.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-777038885\" srcset=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/03\/AGEM-index-1-900x347.png 900w, https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/03\/AGEM-index-1.png 1907w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The largest negative contributor was <strong>Aristocrat Leisure Limited<\/strong>, whose share price fell by 10.2 per cent, reducing the index by 68.50 points. The sole positive contribution came from <strong>Ainsworth Game Technology<\/strong>. Its share price rose by 1.5 per cent during the month, adding a modest 0.12 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"348\" src=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/03\/AGEM-index-2-900x348.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-777038886\" srcset=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/03\/AGEM-index-2-900x348.png 900w, https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/03\/AGEM-index-2.png 1893w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Performance across broader US equity markets was mixed in February. The NASDAQ Composite declined by 3.4 per cent, and the S&amp;P 500 slipped 0.9 per cent, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average saw a slight monthly gain of 0.2 per cent.<\/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\/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-edges-down-0-9-in-january-amid-mixed-supplier-performance'>AGEM Index edges down 0.9% in January amid mixed supplier performance<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nine of its ten listed companies on the gaming equipment supplier index fell month-on-month.<\/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 significant 10.5% month-on-month decline in February, reaching 1,625.28 points, and is down 8.7% year-on-year. This downturn was primarily driven by share price reductions across nine of its ten constituent companies, with Aristocrat Leisure Limited being the largest negative contributor.","focusai_entities":"Association of Gaming Equipment Manufacturers, AGEM, Aristocrat Leisure Limited, Ainsworth Game Technology, NASDAQ Composite, S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average","focusai_location":"United States","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":"Beyond general market fluctuations, what specific macro-economic or sector-specific headwinds are contributing to the sustained decline in the AGEM Index, particularly impacting major constituents like Aristocrat Leisure Limited?"},{"label":"B2B M&A Impact?","query":"How might a prolonged period of depressed valuations for gaming equipment suppliers, as indicated by the AGEM Index, influence M&A activity, consolidation trends, or capital raising efforts within the B2B iGaming vertical?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16331,163,24628],"tags":[556,23731],"class_list":["post-777038883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-elsewhere-news","category-finance-news","category-highlight-of-the-week","tag-agem","tag-agem-index"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777038883","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=777038883"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777038883\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777038895,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777038883\/revisions\/777038895"}],"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=777038883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777038883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777038883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}