European stocks slipped at the open on Monday, reversing after a huge rally last week. The German DAX DAX, -0.78% fell 1.1% and the U.K.
weakened by 0.9%. AstraZeneca AZN, -2.75% fell 1.7% after Bloomberg News said it had approached Gilead Sciences GILD, -1.01% about a takeover. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average YM00, -0.02% slipped 12 points.