{"id":777045804,"date":"2026-08-05T09:09:35","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T12:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777045804"},"modified":"2026-08-05T12:16:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T15:16:46","slug":"agem-index-rises-9-8-in-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/agem-index-rises-9-8-in-july","title":{"rendered":"AGEM Index rises 9.8% in July"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The AGEM Index saw its strongest monthly increase of 2026 as Konami’s gains outweighed declines among other manufacturers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Asia.- The Association of Gaming Equipment Manufacturers (AGEM) Index<\/strong> rose 167.62 points<\/strong> month-on-month to 1,874.77<\/strong> in July 2026<\/strong>, representing a 9.8 per cent<\/strong> increase compared with June<\/a>. Despite the strong monthly performance, the index remained 0.8 per cent<\/strong>, or 15.00 points<\/strong>, below its level in July 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Five of the nine companies included in the index saw share price gains during the month, resulting in six positive contributions<\/strong> and three negative<\/strong>. The biggest positive contributor was Konami Corp.<\/strong>, whose 16.8 per cent<\/strong> increase in share price added 108.32 points<\/strong> to the index. Aristocrat Leisure Limited<\/strong>‘s stock rose 4.6 per cent<\/strong>, contributing 49.60 points<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The largest negative contribution came from Inspired Entertainment<\/strong>, whose share price fell 16.6 per cent<\/strong>, reducing the AGEM Index by 0.91 points<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

US equity markets saw mixed performances in July. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.3 per cent, while the NASDAQ declined 3.2 per cent and the S&P 500 slipped 0.1 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 rises month-on-month but remains down on 2025\u00a0<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The AGEM Index saw its strongest monthly increase of 2026 as Konami’s gains outweighed declines among other manufacturers.<\/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 its strongest monthly increase of 2026 in July, rising 9.8% to 1,874.77 points, primarily driven by Konami Corp.'s significant share price gains. Despite this robust monthly performance, the index remains slightly below its July 2025 level, with mixed contributions from constituent companies like Aristocrat Leisure and Inspired Entertainment.","focusai_entities":"Association of Gaming Equipment Manufacturers (AGEM), Konami Corp., Aristocrat Leisure Limited, Inspired Entertainment, Dow Jones Industrial Average, NASDAQ, S&P 500","focusai_location":"","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":"Konami's Growth Drivers?","query":"What specific product launches, market expansions, or strategic initiatives drove Konami Corp.'s significant 16.8% share price increase in July 2026?"},{"label":"Sector Outlook 2026?","query":"Given the AGEM Index's strong monthly gain but year-over-year decline, what is the projected outlook for the gaming equipment manufacturing sector for the remainder of 2026?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16331,163,24628,158],"tags":[556,23731],"class_list":["post-777045804","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\/777045804","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=777045804"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777045804\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777045819,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777045804\/revisions\/777045819"}],"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=777045804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777045804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777045804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}