European shares slide 2% as China Evergrande's troubles cast shadow

BENGALURU (Reuters) - European shares tumbled over 2% to a near two-month low in early afternoon trading on Monday as growing solvency worries about property group China Evergrande spooked investors, in a dour start to a week packed with meetings of major central banks.

The pan-European STOXX 600 index was down 2.2% by 1212 GMT, with mining stocks plunging 5.2% on a slide in commodity prices.