UK Stocks-Factors to watch on Jan 8

Jan 8 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 index is seen opening down 1 point on Monday, according to financial bookmakers. * BP: Former World Trade Organization director general Peter Sutherland, who was also a long-serving chairman of oil giant BP and the overseas arm of Goldman Sachs, died on Sunday aged 71. * CARILLION: Struggling British building and services company Carillion , which is involved in Britain's planned high-speed rail link HS2, said on Saturday it will meet credito