FTSE opens lower, AstraZeneca shares fall on Gilead tie-up
The FTSE 100 index was down 0.6% at 6,444 points early on Monday, pulled lower by its largest constituent AstraZeneca (AZN) whose shares lost 2.4% t0 £82.30, and a report by finance industry body TheCityUK which warned that the surge in corporate debt was unsustainable.AstraZeneca shares fell after press reports over the weekend that it had approached US pharmaceutical firm Gilead Sciences...