{"id":777040160,"date":"2026-04-07T08:33:55","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T11:33:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777040160"},"modified":"2026-04-21T12:47:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T15:47:56","slug":"agem-index-drops-9-2-in-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/agem-index-drops-9-2-in-march","title":{"rendered":"AGEM Index drops 9.2% in March"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Seven of the nine listed companies on the gaming equipment supplier index fell month-on-month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Asia.- The Association of Gaming Equipment Manufacturers (AGEM) Index<\/strong> dropped in March by 149.30 points to 1,472.20. That represents a 9.2 per cent decline compared with February<\/a> and leaves the index down 8.9 per cent year-on-year, or 143.54 points below its level in March 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Seven of the nine companies tracked by the index saw share price declines during the month, resulting in eight negative contributions and just one positive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The largest negative contributor was Aristocrat Leisure Limited, whose share price fell by 5.7 per cent, reducing the index by 58.84 points. Konami’s share price dropped 7.2 per cent, subtracting 49.54 points from the index. The lone positive contribution came from Galaxy Gaming Inc., whose share price rose by 17.6 per cent, adding a modest 0.28 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Performance across broader US equity markets was negative in March. The Dow Jones Industrial Average declined by 5.4 per cent, the S&P 500 fell 5.1 per cent and the NASDAQ dropped 4.8 per cent from the prior month.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> AGEM Index dropped 10.5% in February as gaming supplier stocks retreat<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Seven of the nine 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 AGEM Index, tracking gaming equipment suppliers, experienced a 9.2% decline in March, falling to 1,472.20 points, with seven of nine listed companies seeing share price reductions. This downturn, led by significant drops in Aristocrat Leisure Limited and Konami, reflects broader negative trends in US equity markets. Galaxy Gaming Inc. was the sole positive contributor.","focusai_entities":"Association of Gaming Equipment Manufacturers, AGEM Index, Aristocrat Leisure Limited, Konami, Galaxy Gaming Inc., Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500, NASDAQ","focusai_location":"Asia, United States","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.85), operator_casino (0.7), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (1.0), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"AGEM Index Drivers?","query":"Beyond broader market trends, what specific gaming vertical or regional factors are contributing to the sustained decline in the AGEM Index for equipment suppliers?"},{"label":"Supplier M&A Impact?","query":"How might the observed share price declines among major gaming equipment suppliers influence potential M&A activity or consolidation strategies within the B2B iGaming and land-based sectors?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16331,163,24628],"tags":[556,23731],"class_list":["post-777040160","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\/777040160","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=777040160"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777040160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777040167,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777040160\/revisions\/777040167"}],"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=777040160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777040160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777040160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}