London — Global stocks dropped to a four-week low on Monday after last week's surprise hawkish shift by the US Federal Reserve reduced the allure of riskier assets, while the dollar held gains and stood near a 10-week high.

European stocks opened lower, but the pan-European STOXX 600 index erased early losses to trade flat on the day, helped by a rise in German and Italian shares...

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