Crude-oil futures were little changed in Asian trading hours Wednesday as investors wait for the outcome of the U.S. Federal Reserve meeting. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, light, sweet crude futures for delivery in January traded at $97.39 a barrel at 0605 GMT, up $0.17 in the Globex electronic session. February Brent crude on London’s ICE Futures exchange fell $0.02 to $108.42 a barrel. The Federal Open Market Committee meeting ends later Wednesday and is expected to take a decision on the withdrawal of monetary stimulus, expectation of which has supported wider commodity prices so far. Analysts said the decision will be a close call, with some market participants expecting early tapering of asset purchases after a recent spate of positive economic data. “We suspect the renewed strength of employment growth in the past few months will be just enough to persuade the Fed to begin tapering its […]