Equity prices dropped at the Athens Stock Eschange on Tuesday with the basic share price index down 1.10%, standing at 720.99 points at 11.00 a.m. and turnover at 5.90 million euros.

The FTSE/ASE Large Cap index for blue chip and heavily traded stocks was down 0.94% and the FTSE/ASE Mid Cap index was down 0.76%.

On individual sector indices, the biggest gains were in Food & Beverages (+0.81%) and Constructions (+0.60%). The biggest losses were in Banks (-1.83%), Oil (-1.50%) and Commerce (-1.49%).

16 of the stocks traded increased, 36 were down and 5 were unchanged.