Greece's possible exit from the euro area moved to the center ofEurope's financial-crisis debate, rattling markets as authoritiesin Athens struggled to form a government.

Meetings brokered by Greek President Karolos Papoulias were setto continue today after Syriza, the leading anti-bailout party,rejected a unity government following inconclusive elections May 6.That moved the country closer to a new vote, with at least fiveEuropean central bankers broaching the once-taboo topic of its exitfrom the euro.

“We're really getting to a denouement,” Michael O'Sullivan, headof portfolio strategy at Credit Suisse Private Banking, said todayin a Bloomberg Television interview. “We're getting to the partwhere a decision has to be made” on whether Greece leaves the17-nation currency union, he said.