India’s rupee, the worst-performing currency in Asia last month, is likely to weaken further as higher U.S. interest rates boost the dollar, according to Mizuho Bank Ltd. SEE MORE Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange are weaker across the board by an average of 0.7% this morning, Wednesday October 11. Zinc prices lead the decline with a 1.3% drop, followed by lead prices (-1%), nickel (-0.7%), tin and aluminium (-0.5%), while three-month copper prices are off by 0.2% at $6,739 per tonne. SEE MORE The Northwest Europe styrene truck contract price for October has settled at Eur1,250/mt, down Eur110/mt on the month, and at parity to the barge contract which settled last Friday. SEE MORE Polyethylene (PE) volumes have been disappointing for some sellers in October, several said on Friday. SEE MORE Asia's petrochemical market is expected to hum with activity this week as most Northeast Asian trade participants return from their long holidays. Last week, while Asian aromatics such as paraxylene and benzene rose, buoyed by firmer upstream crude oil futures, other products notably butadiene, plunged. SEE MORE