NEW YORK, Sept 5 (Reuters) - U.S. stock futures tumbled more than 2 percent on Monday in electronic trading, hit hard after European markets slumped on renewed fears the euro zone's sovereign debt crisis is worsening.
European stocks fell 4 percent on Monday, with financial shares falling to their lowest in more than 2 years. Wall Street was closed on Monday for a holiday.
Italy's FTSE MIB <.FTMIB> fell 4.8 percent, on renewed euro zone debt worries, and bond yields on on Italian and Spanish government bonds hit their highest levels in nearly a month as pressure mounts on Italy -- the euro zone's third-largest economy -- to get rising deficits under control. [ID:nL5E7K524Q]
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