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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock index futures pointed to a dip at the open on Wall Street on Tuesday, with futures for the S&P 500 down 0.06 percent, Dow Jones futures down 0.05 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures down 0.05 percent at 5:30 a.m. ET.
Greek leaders faced crunch talks on Tuesday to secure a new bailout and avoid a chaotic debt default, caught between European Union demands Greece accepts painful reforms now and a national strike against more austerity. Prime Minister Lucas Papademos negotiated through most of the night with Greece's EU and IMF lenders.