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Hopes on a deal for Greece is likely to support Asian shares throughout the session, though many investors still need to feel assured that the plunge in Chinese shares that shaved about 30 percent off the market since mid-June is really at an end.

The ECB is now keeping Greek banks – and by extension the Greek economy – afloat via its Emergency Liquidity Assistance, or ELA, facility.

“It’s clear that talks are likely to include some extent of debt recast or write-downs to provide relief to Greek public finances”.

United States stocks fell on Monday, taking their cue from a downbeat session in Europe, while government bond prices rose, following Greek voters’ overwhelming rejection of the country’s latest bailout terms.

Foreign exchange traders at Barclays were in the office from Sunday afternoon to follow developments, and research and sales staff were monitoring the Greek referendum over the weekend, a spokesman for the bank said.

Airline stocks tumbled after the United States Department of Justice said it was investigating whether some carriers were colluding to keep ticket prices high.

Steinmeier spoke to reporters Thursday after addressing a meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras called the referendum last weekend, asking Greeks to decide whether they should accept creditor reform proposals in return for bailout funds.

NEW YORK (AP) — US stocks are closing slightly lower after Greeks rejected the terms of the country’s latest bailout.

Syriza and its cheerleaders on the both the left and right elsewhere in Europe have cast the Greek vote as a long-overdue democratic revolt against policies of austerity championed by Germany.

“So that cannot happen and will not happen”.

“We say very clearly that the door for talks remains open and the meeting of euro zone leaders tomorrow should be understood in this sense”.

On Tuesday, the office of the Greek Prime Minister said that Greece remains at the negotiating table, and that the government has proposed a two-year deal with Europe’s bailout fund. The eurozone’s top official, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, said that the 19 finance ministers...

A statement from Tsipras’ office said: “The prime minister presented three leaders [with] Greece’s proposal for a mutually beneficial agreement that will give a definitive solution and not a postponement of addressing the problem”.

I would imagine Greek voters are pretty confused as well.