{"id":777043143,"date":"2026-06-04T08:33:36","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T11:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777043143"},"modified":"2026-06-05T11:04:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T14:04:30","slug":"agem-index-climbs-3-6-in-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/agem-index-climbs-3-6-in-may","title":{"rendered":"AGEM Index climbs 3.6% in May"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Seven of the nine companies tracked by the index saw share price gains during the month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Asia.- The <strong>Association of Gaming Equipment Manufacturers (AGEM) Index<\/strong> rose by 54.38 points month-on-month to <strong>1,578.22 in May 2026<\/strong>. The result represents a 3.6 per cent increase <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/agem-index-rises-3-5-in-april\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/agem-index-rises-3-5-in-april\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">compared with April<\/a>, although the index remained down 9.4 per cent, or 162.96 points, from May 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Seven of the nine companies included in the index saw stock price increases during the month, resulting in six positive contributions and three negative contributions to the AGEM Index.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"344\" src=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/06\/AGEm-index-1-900x344.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-777043144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/06\/AGEm-index-1-900x344.png 900w, https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/06\/AGEm-index-1.png 1892w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>largest positive contributor was Aristocrat Leisure Limited<\/strong>, whose share price increased by 6.0 per cent, adding 37.65 points to the index. Agilysys stock rose 35.1 per cent, contributing 26.28 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The largest negative contributor was Konami Corp. Although its share price edged up 0.2 per cent during the month, the weakening of the Japanese yen resulted in a 6.56-point decline in its contribution to the AGEM Index.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"358\" src=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/06\/AGEM-index-2-900x358.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-777043145\" srcset=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/06\/AGEM-index-2-900x358.png 900w, https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/06\/AGEM-index-2.png 1892w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>US equity markets also saw gains in May. The NASDAQ increased by 8.4 per cent compared with the previous month, while the S&amp;P 500 rose 5.1 per cent. Meanwhile, the Dow Jones Industrial Average saw a 2.8 per cent increase.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"see-also-container\"><span class=\"see-also-label\">See also:<\/span>\n<div class=\"related-article\"><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=\"\" \/>\n<p class=\"related-article__text\"><span class=\"see-also-label-strong\">See also:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/agem-index-drops-9-2-in-march\">AGEM Index drops 9.2% in March<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seven of the nine companies tracked by the index saw share price gains 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 3.6% month-on-month increase in May 2026, reaching 1,578.22 points, despite remaining 9.4% below its May 2025 level. Seven of nine tracked companies saw share price gains, with Aristocrat Leisure Limited and Agilysys being the largest positive contributors, while Konami Corp. experienced a negative contribution due to yen weakening.","focusai_entities":"Association of Gaming Equipment Manufacturers, AGEM, Aristocrat Leisure Limited, Agilysys, Konami Corp., NASDAQ, S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average","focusai_location":"Asia, Japan, US","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), operator_casino (0.7), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.9), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"AGEM Index vs. Broader Market?","query":"How does the AGEM Index's year-on-year decline compare to broader capital market indices, and what specific factors are driving this divergence in the gaming equipment sector?"},{"label":"Supplier Performance Drivers?","query":"What specific product launches, market expansions, or operational efficiencies contributed to Aristocrat Leisure's and Agilysys's significant share price gains, and what implications does Konami's currency-driven decline have for diversified gaming conglomerates?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16331,163,24628,158],"tags":[556,23731],"class_list":["post-777043143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-elsewhere-news","category-finance-news","category-highlight-of-the-week","category-slider-home","tag-agem","tag-agem-index"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777043143","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=777043143"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777043143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777043160,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777043143\/revisions\/777043160"}],"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=777043143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777043143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777043143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}