NEW DELHI, Sept 10 - Oil prices held firm on Thursday after Brent crude breached $100 a barrel, with traders bracing for deeper supply disruptions as Iran and the United States launched their largest attacks on shipping since their six-month-old conflict began.Brent crude futures inched lower by 0.1 per cent

Brent crude futures climbed 52 cents, or 0.54%, to $96.80 a barrel by 2354 GMT while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude was at $92.14 a barrel, up 66 cents, or 0.72%.

Oil prices climbed to a six-week high as US-Iran attacks on commercial vessels disrupted Strait of Hormuz shipping. Falling tanker traffic has heightened fears of a supply shock,…

Tanker attacks in Strait of Hormuz spark fears of wider supply disruption

Renewed fighting stokes fears of deeper disruptions