{"id":777041752,"date":"2026-05-05T10:28:57","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T13:28:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777041752"},"modified":"2026-05-08T11:40:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T14:40:46","slug":"agem-index-rises-3-5-in-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/agem-index-rises-3-5-in-april","title":{"rendered":"AGEM Index rises 3.5% in April"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Five of the nine companies saw share price increases during the month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Asia.- The Association of Gaming Equipment Manufacturers (AGEM) Index<\/strong> increased by 51.64 points month-on-month to 1,523.84 in April. That represents a 3.5 per cent rise compared with March<\/a>, although the index remained down by 12.5 per cent or 218.45 points from April 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Five of the nine companies tracked by the index saw share price gains during the month, resulting in six positive contributions and three negative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The largest positive contributor was Aristocrat Leisure Limited, whose share price rose by 4.3 per cent, adding 53.53 points to the index. Crane NXT also saw a notable gain, with its stock increasing by 10.1 per cent, contributing 7.93 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The biggest negative contribution came from Konami, whose share price fell by 2.2 per cent, resulting in a 6.24-point loss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Performance across US equity markets was positive in April. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose by 7.1 per cent, the S&P 500 gained 10.4 per cent and the NASDAQ rose 15.3 per cent compared with the prior month.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> AGEM Index drops 9.2% in March<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Five of the nine companies saw share price increases during the 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 recorded a 3.5% month-on-month increase in April, reaching 1,523.84 points, driven by share price gains from five of nine tracked companies, notably Aristocrat Leisure and Crane NXT. Despite this monthly rise, the index remains down 12.5% year-on-year from April 2025, contrasting with the broader positive performance of US equity markets.","focusai_entities":"AGEM, Aristocrat Leisure Limited, Crane NXT, Konami, 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 YOY Discrepancy","query":"What specific macroeconomic factors or sector-specific headwinds contributed to the AGEM Index's 12.5% year-on-year decline despite a positive month-on-month performance in April?"},{"label":"Supplier Performance Drivers","query":"Beyond general market trends, what specific product launches, market expansions, or operational efficiencies drove the significant share price gains for Aristocrat Leisure and Crane NXT in April?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16331,163,24628],"tags":[556,23731],"class_list":["post-777041752","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\/777041752","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=777041752"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777041752\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777041769,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777041752\/revisions\/777041769"}],"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=777041752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777041752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777041752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}