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The European Commission made its final push to try to persuade
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to accept a bailout deal he
has rejected before.
* Greece is hours away from a defaulting on a 1.6 billion euro
loan from in International Monetary Fund. A Greek government
official said the country would not pay the installment.
* Chinese stocks rallied more than 5 percent on Tuesday
afternoon after falling nearly 5 percent in early trade,
providing some relief to investors.
* While the Greek economy is small, and U.S. corporations have
limited exposure to the country, investors are concerned about
the fallout across Europe if the country exits the euro zone.
* The U.S. Conference Board, an industry group, issues its index
of consumer attitudes for the month of June. Consumer confidence
is expected to rise to 97.3 in June. The data is expected at
10:00 ET (1400 GMT)
* General Electric <GE.N> rose 0.26 percent in premarket trading
after it said it would sell its European private equity
financing unit to Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui Banking for more than
$2 billion.
* Juno Therapeutics rose 39 percent after Celgene signed a
10-year partnership with Juno to develop therapies for
indications such as rheumatoid arthritis. Celgene was down 1.2
percent.
* ING'S U.S.-listed shares rose 3 percent after
theflyonthewall.com reported Bofa Merrill Lynch raised its
rating on the Netherlands-based bank.
Futures snapshot at 07:12 a.m. EDT:
* S&P 500 e-minis were up 9.25 points, or 0.45 percent, with
276,286 contracts traded.
* Nasdaq 100 e-minis were up 14 points, or 0.32 percent,
on volume of 37,764 contracts.
* Dow e-minis were up 62 points, or 0.35 percent, with 34,874
contracts changing hands.
(Additional reporting by Sayantani Ghosh in Bengaluru; Editing
by Saumyadeb Chakrabarty)
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