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Outside the benchmark index, Mercer Group was unchanged at 10 cents after saying annual earnings fell as much as 40 percent due to missing sales targets for its Titan 500 Slicers.

Details of Greece’s reforms must be submitted today, giving time for creditors to review them ahead of a summit of the European Union’s 28 members set for Sunday.

“Pierre Moscovici said on Saturday ahead of the meeting that the differences between Greece and its creditors could be bridged”.

Three opinion polls carried out during Greece’s bailout referendum, which could affect the country’s future in the eurozone, indicate the “no” vote will win.

France, he said, is listening to those countries that accept the idea of a Greek exit from the euro but that it’s important for his country “to facilitate, and above all keep a broad perspective” on the fact that the idea of European unity is also at stake.

The finance ministers would then hold a conference call to discuss whether the request was viable.

Creditors had wanted more spending cuts in exchange for extending the country’s multibillion euro bailout deal until November.

Valls told lawmakers that Greece’s request for European Stability Mechanism funds on Wednesday was “balanced and positive”.

That has forced the negotiations to stretch into the weekend.

After the eurogroup meeting Mr Tsipras met Ms Merkel, French President Francois Holland and president of the Commission Jean Claude Juncker and this appeared to set the tone for the summit.

“In this context, the Governing Council decided today to adjust the haircuts on collateral accepted by the Bank of Greece for ELA“.

I shall support fully Prime Minister Tsipras, the new Minister of Finance, and our government.

After an initial plunge, the Dow Jones industrial average was down just 0.1 percent at midday.

Greece will stay in the euro.

Ireland previously contributed €347m for a Greek bailout package in May 2010, a figure which was much lower as the country was still in its own programme.