Stocks fall on European fiscal jitters

* The major indexes registered their worst monthly decline since February 2009. The S&P 500 is now off 6.6 percent from its 15-month closing high of January 19.

* The Dow Jones industrial average was down 53.13 points, or 0.52 percent, to end unofficially at 10,067.33. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index was down 10.66 points, or 0.98 percent, to close unofficially at 1,073.87. The Nasdaq Composite Index was down 31.65 points, or 1.45 percent, to close unofficially at 2,147.35.

(Reporting by Ellis Mnyandu; Editing by Jan Paschal)