After surging to a new record high, UK stocks are expected to pull back slightly on Monday ahead of a busy week for global financial markets.City sources predict the FTSE 100 will open 15 points lower than Friday's close of 7,089.77."The week ahead in the financial markets will certainly be an interesting one, with a plethora of big economic data being released, central bank announcements and corporate earnings season getting into full swing after Alcoa got things underway last week," said Oanda analyst Craig Erlam.UK inflation, US retail sales and a policy meeting at the European Central Bank will likely steal the spotlight over the coming days.Gross domestic product figures from China will also be in focus after figures overnight revealed that Chinese exports dropped at an annual rate of 15% in March, a significant miss on the 10% increase expected by analysts. Imports also sank 12.7%, compared with the estimated 10% decline.Stocks to watchLow cost air carrier EasyJet on Monday appointed the finance executive from Halfords on its management board. Andrew Findlay, is to become chief finance officer at EasyJet by the end of October. He joins from Halfords where he was CFO. Before that, Findlay was director of finance, tax and treasury at Marks & Spencer.European data centre group Telecity has announced that Germany has given the green light for its recommended all-share merger with US-listed peer Interxion. While the transaction is still subject to other approvals, Telecity said it expects the merger to complete in the second half of 2015.