Oil prices held steady on Wednesday, after rising in the previous two sessions, as investors await the US Federal Reserves anticipated interest rate cut. Brent crude futures for November dropped 3 cents to $73.67 a barrel. US crude futures for October slid 11 cents, or 0.2%, to $71.08 a barrel. Both contracts gained by about $1 a barrel on Tuesday on lingering supply disruptions in the US, the worlds biggest oil producer, after Hurricane Francine. Source: Qatar News Agency