Sales by Egyptian investors were not enough to prevent the Egyptian stock market from recovering 4.1 billion EGP (U.S. $688,000) of losses incurred in previous weeks Sunday, driven by purchases of foreign investors. The stock market's main index, the EGX 30, closed up 1.9 percent, the EGX 20 rose by 1.4 percent, the EGX 70 gained 1.8 percent, and the EGX 100 rose 1.9 percent. Major gainers Sunday included Orascom Construction, which gained 3.6 percent, and Orascom Telecom, which gained 2.2 percent.