India, Oct. 22 -- European stocks fell on Thursday to hover near one-month lows, as new coronavirus cases continued to surge, U.S. stimulus hopes faded and the FBI warned of election interference by Iran and Russia, raising the risk of a disputed election result.

The pan European Stoxx 600 dropped 0.4 percent to 359.24 after losing 1.3 percent on Wednesday.

The German DAX, France's CAC 40 index and the U.K.'s FTSE 100 all fell about half a percent.

Varta, a battery technology company in Germany, plunged 5 percent after extending the contract of its chief executive, Herbert Schein, until 2026.

Schneider Electric rose nearly 3 percent. The French energy-management company said it now expects sales for 2020 to fall between 5 percent and ...