European stocks soared for a second day as the prospect of a deal between Greece and its creditors moved closer.<br /><br /> #Singapore bourse upbeat over progress in #Greece crisis, climbs 24 points <br />http://t.co/qr4at8Tu8G— ST Money Desk (@stmoneydesk) June 23, 2015<br /><br /> In Athens the share index rose a further 2.6 percent after Monday’s 9 percent increase. <br /><br /> Shares were up in France and Germany and the Nasdq and the Dow joined in the optimism after the recent gloom cast by the shadow of a Greek default.<br /><br /> Vangelis Agapitos, is a Greek economist:<br />“The markets will see this as a positive development because it removes certainly the short-term uncertainty as to whether Greece will run out of money, and also as to whether Greece will continue to fulfil its obligations. It seems that there is a will on both parties, Europe as well as Greece, to continue together.”<br /><br /> In Greece bank withdrawals slowed after the ECB increased its emergency liquidity assistance to Greek banks easing the sense of potentia
