The major averages are expected to open steady after EU officials agreed to help Greece and investors return from the weekend to find very little other news to guide the trading in the US Monday morning. Thirty minutes before the opening bell on Wall Street, stock index futures indicate that both the Dow and the NASDAQ will open little changed.

Benchmarks are flat in Europe after euro-zone nations agreed over the weekend to lend Greece $30 billion euros. France’s CAC 40 Index, Germany’s DAX, and UK’s FTSE are down between .2 and .4 percent.

The dollar edged up .17 to 93.37 against the yen. The euro added .0035 to 1.3586 against the buck.

With no economic news to guide trading in the US, bonds are seeing modest losses on diminishing concerns about Greece’s bad debt situation. The benchmark ten-year Treasury is down 2/32nd and now yields 3.89 percent.

Some of the mining and energy names might see early weakness after crude oil lost 50 cents to $84.42 a barrel and gold slipped $3 to $1159 an ounce.

Among the other stocks to watch, PALM is rallying on reports it has put itself up for sale. Mirant (MIR) and Reliant Energy (RRI) are both trading more than 10 percent higher on news the two utilities have agreed to merge. Texas Instruments (TXN) is seeing early strength after Credit Suisse upgraded the stock to OutPerform. Alcoa (AA) is likely to see action. The Dow component unofficially kicks off the earnings-reporting season with earnings, due out after the closing bell.