Officials deny market talk of deal with Greece this afternoon

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Officials close to creditors negotiating a funding-for-reform package with Greece denied a market rumour that a deal could be announced on Monday afternoon.

Asked if there was any substance to the rumour of a announcement of A deal between Athens and its creditors on Monday afternoon, one official said: "no" and a second one also denied any knowledge of such an announcement.

(Reporting by Jan Strupczewski, editing by Robin Emmott)