UK Stocks-Factors to watch on Jan 24

Jan 24 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 index is expected to open 16 points higher on Tuesday, according to financial spreadbetters. * The UK blue chip index fell 0.7 percent, down after the pound rose to a one-month high against the dollar. It ended down 0.66 percent at 7151.18 points on Monday. * BOVIS/BERKELEY: British housebuilders Bovis and Berkeley see little logic in a merger, sources close to the companies told Reuters, after a media report said an influential Bovis shareho