Last month, the AGEM Index improved by 11.39 points, rising to 971.59 and marking a 1.2 percent increase over November, when the Index experienced a decline of 10.9 percent. It increased by 284.47 points year over year, for an annual growth rate of 41.4 percent.
In the latest period, seven of the Index companies reported stock-price increases; eight companies accounted for positive contributions and four companies recording negative contributions to the Index.
The top contributor for the month of December was International Game Technology, whose 7 percent increase in stock price led to a 7.98-point gain for the index. Scientific Games Corporation was also a significant contributor to the overall growth in the Index, adding 5.65 points as a result of its 4.6 percent rise in stock price.
The largest negative contributor to the index was Konami Corporation, with a 5 percent drop in stock price leading to an 8.48-point decrease in the Index.
By comparison, all three major U.S. stock indices increased for the month. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 went up 5.4 percent and 4.4 percent, respectively, while, the NASDAQ experienced a 0.8 percent increase.
