Greek stocks fall almost 10 pct in early trade

ATHENS, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Greek shares plunged almost 10 percent in early trade on the Athens Stock Exchange .ATG on Friday, following Asian and European stocks lower on fears global efforts to unlock credit markets have not worked.

The Athens bourse was trading lower 9.7 percent at 2260.22 points at 07:35 GMT. The benchmark index has lost half of its market capitalisation so far this year, dropping about 52 percent.

National Bank of Greece (NBGr.AT) was trading 10 percent lower at 21.78 euros at the opening.

Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE, France's CAC .FCHI and Germany's DAX .GDAXI were all trading down about 8 percent, having earlier fallen as much as 10 percent. (Reporting by George Hatzidakis)