CAIRO: Egypt's stock market managed closed today's session with a mass rise in the indexes, recouping the market's losses after Sunday's deadly clashes and earning 1.43 billion EGP (U.S. $242 million). The main stock market index EGX30 rose 0.81 percent and achieved 4.050 points. New index EGX20 and the medium and small companies index EGX70 rose 0.38 percent, and the broadest index EGX100 rose 0.76 percent. The major stocks' performance varied. Orascom Construction stocks rose 3.50 percent, Pioneer Holding Company rose 2.99 percent and Ezz Iron rose 2.97 percent. Financial expert Mohamed Said said the main index closing at more than 4000 points is considered positive movement for the stock market. Said said that despite the continual decline of the transactions' size, there is a gradual improvement. Egyptian investors acquired 42.27 percent of the market and achieved 24.317 million EGP net purchases, whereas foreign investors acquired 48.16 percent of the market and achieved 38.144 million EGP net sales. Arabs investors acquired 9.57 percent of the transactions and achieved 13.826 million EGP net purchases.