the ftse 100 is seen opening lower with spreadbetting firm ig expecting the london index to fall 24 points after closing fridays session up 17 points this week sees thirdquarter us earnings season get underway and guidance is likely to be just as important as the headline numbers themselves cmc markets analyst michael hewson says we also have to contend with concerns about how a continued rise in energy price and supply chain pressures may well impact profit margins at a time when consumer incomes may well get squeezed even further as we head into winter asos plc said monday that chief executive officer nick beighton has agreed to step down and that ian dyson will become its next chairman asos plc on monday warned of lower earnings for the current fiscal year as a result of supplychain pressures and higher costs senior plcs sales in first nine months were 14 lower on a constant currency basis senior plc said monday that sales in the first nine months of the year were around 14 lower on a constant currency basis and that excluding its senior aerospace connecticut unit revenue in this period was down 11 on an organic constant currency basis the uk competition and markets authority said monday that it has started an investigation into grafton group plcs planned sale of its traditional merchanting business in great britain to huws gray good energy group plc on monday reaffirmed fullyear expectations despite the current volatility in the uk energy retail sector and recent low wind speeds victorian plumbings dominance of online market growth is expected to continue 0605 gmt  victorian plumbing has captured 80 of the online growth in its market in the past five years and this dominance is expected to continue as the company can leverage its existing online platform and customer base to expand into adjacent categories berenberg says local trade customers remain an underpenetrated opportunity and they could drive higher average order values frequency and repeat orders providing the bathroomproducts retailer with additional scale efficiencies and profits berenberg says we expect the customer proposition to further improve as the company scales with simple and capitallight selfhelp opportunities to improve the online proposition the brokerage says berenberg initiates coverage with a buy rating on the stock and a 260 pence target price 0544 gmt  dunelm has consistently outperformed the uk homefurnishing market analysts at berenberg saythey expect the homewares retailers share gains to continue the company is one of europes most valuegenerative omnichannel retailer and its leading return on invested capital can be sustained the german brokerage says the companys expansion into the gbp11 billion furniture sector increases its addressable market and increases its customers purchase frequency with multicategory customers typically spending around two to three times more than singlecategory customers the broker says we expect dunelms superior online proposition to underpin its market share growth given that the channel is capturing additional new customers as well as increasing purchase frequency it says berenberg initiates its coverage of the stock with a buy rating and a 1620pence target price