Equity prices dropped on Thursday on the Athens Stock Exchange (ASE) with the basic share price index down by 0.5% at 884.53 points at 11.00 a.m.and turnover at 28.115 million euros.

The FTSE/ASE Large Cap index for blue chip and heavily traded stocks decreased by 0.72%, while the FTSE/ASE Mid Cap index was up 1.07%.

The biggest gains on individual sector indices were in Financials (up 2.22%), Health (up 2.04%) and Chemicals (up 1.88%). The biggest losses were in Telecoms (down 1.29%), Food (down 0.84%) and Construction (down 0.79%).