UK Stocks-Factors to watch on Feb 8

Feb 8 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 index is seen opening around 34 points higher, or 0.6 percent, on Monday, according to financial bookmakers. For more on the factors affecting European stocks, please click on * The UK blue chip index closed 0.9 percent lower at 5,848.06 points on Friday, as investors digested a weaker than expected U.S. jobs reading, with miners pulled lower as copper dipped. * HSBC: HSBC Holdings Plc will pay $470 million to settle parallel U.S. federal and state