Greek bank shares plunge for third day, stock market down 1.3 percent

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek bank shares sold off sharply pressure for the third day in a row on Wednesday with the bank sector share index <.FTATBNK> losing 14.8 percent in early deals.

The broader market <.ATG> reversed small opening gains to trade lower, dragged down by the banks which comprise about 20 percent of the main index.

Athens bourse's benchmark general index <.ATG> traded 1.28 percent lower after losses of 1.2 percent on Tuesday.

(Reporting by George Georgiopoulos Editing by Jeremy Gaunt)