* Europe shares fall but losses limited; Wall St drops
* Oil sinks 6 percent on worries over Greece, China, Iran (Adds comment, updates prices)
By Noel Randewich
SAN FRANCISCO, July 6 (Reuters) - Equity markets around the world fell on Monday and U.S. oil prices tumbled 6 percent after Greece overwhelmingly voted against conditions for a rescue package and on unprecedented measures in China to staunch massive recent losses in its stock markets.
The drop on Wall Street wasn't as steep as some had feared and the International Monetary Fund reassured investors by saying it was ready to help Greece if asked to do so. ID:nW1N0ZB000 European market losses were also moderate.
Beijing introduced unexpected measures over the weekend to staunch a recent 30-percent rout in its stock market since mid-June, which had raised investors' concerns about the stability of the world's second-biggest economy. ID:nL3N0ZM1CK
The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI fell 97.84 points, or 0.55 percent, to 17,632.27. The S&P 500 .SPX lost 14.14 points, or 0.68 percent, to 2,062.64. The Nasdaq Composite .IXIC dropped 36.51 points, or 0.73 percent, to 4,972.71.
Investors took heart after Greece's outspoken finance minister, Yanis Varoufakis, stepped down and Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said his government was ready to return to negotiations with creditors in a bid to open shuttered banks.
"After the initial knee-jerk reaction, the majority opinion is that there is still a possibility of some sort of a deal that keeps Greece in the euro zone," said Mark Luschini, chief investment strategist at Janney Montgomery Scott in Philadelphia.
TUESDAY SUMMIT
Tsipras promised German Chancellor Angela Merkel that Greece would bring a proposal for a cash-for-reforms deal to an emergency summit of euro zone leaders on Tuesday, a Greek official said. ID:nL8N0ZM0JD
Stunned European leaders had called for the Tuesday meeting to discuss their next move after the surprisingly strong 'No' vote during Greek's referendum Sunday, which defied opinion polls that had predicted a tight contest. ID:nL1N0ZM0T0
Greek banks, which were shuttered last week after debt negotiations failed, will remain shut Tuesday and Wednesday with a daily limit on cash withdrawals.
U.S. oil prices tumbled 6 percent, their most in three months, after Greece's rejection of debt bailout terms and China's emergency measures to support its stock markets shook global markets.
Also taking a toll on the energy market were talks between Iran and world powers to meet a July 7 deadline on a nuclear deal. That deal could release more oil into already oversupplied markets if sanctions on Iran are eased. ID:nL3N0ZM01D
Benchmark Brent crude LCOc1 was down $2.87 a barrel to at $57.43, a decline of 4.87 percent. U.S. light crude CLc1 was 6.53 percent lower at $53.21. ID:nL3N0ZM01D
MSCI's all-country equities world index .MIWD00000PUS lost 1.08 percent, while its emerging markets index .MSCIEF dropped 2.08 percent.
The euro zone blue-chip Euro STOXX 50 index .STOXX50E fell 2.22 percent. The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index .FTEU3 was down 1.17 percent.
The euro was 0.48 percent weaker at $1.1061 EUR= . The dollar index .DXY , a gauge of the greenback against major currencies, edged up 0.09 percent after earlier hitting its highest point in a month.
CHINESE RESCUE MEASURES
Chinese stocks market climbed, going against the broader tide of declines in world markets. The CSI300 index .CSI300 of the largest listed companies in Shanghai and Shenzhen closed up 2.9 percent, while the Shanghai Composite Index .SSEC gained 2.4 percent after brokerages and fund managers vowed to buy massive amounts of stocks, helped by China's state-backed margin finance company. ID:nL3N0ZM1CK
The rapid decline of China's previously booming stock market had become a major headache for China's top leaders, who were already struggling to avert a sharper economic slowdown.
The turmoil in Greece and China hurt prices of oil and other commodities on demand concerns.
"Uncertainty over Greece is bearish for oil. It adds an extra negative factor on top of the turmoil in Chinese financial markets, the recent rise in U.S. drilling rigs, and a potential increase in Iranian oil supply," said Olivier Jakob, senior energy analyst at Petromatrix in Zug, Switzerland.
Benchmark U.S. Treasury yields hovered near their lowest in over two weeks on safe-haven demand. Yields on 10-year Treasuries hit 2.274 percent, their lowest in over two weeks, while long-dated yields hit their lowest in nearly one week at 3.088 percent. ID:nL1N0ZM0T0
(Additional reporting Wayne Cole in Sydney, Hideyuki Sano in Tokyo and Patrick Graham, by Nigel Stephenson, Lionel Laurent and Alistair Smout in London; Editing by Bernadette Baum)