Stocks start the week on the back foot
London stocks opened mixed on Monday morning as the FTSE 100 slipped behind its European peers, amid a soft Chinese data report over the weekend.The FTSE 100 index traded down 11.83 points, 0.1%, at 8,668.05. The FTSE 250 was up 20.37 points, 0.1%, at 20,149.49, and the AIM All-Share was up 0.40 of a point, 0.1%, at 694.63.The Cboe UK 100 was down 0.2% at 865.84, the Cboe UK 250 was up 0.2% at 17,