Teacher:In this task, you are given a sentence in the Romanian language. Your job is to translate the Romanian sentence into the English language.
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? Solve this instance: Dacă tranzacționarea zilei nu a ieșit cu nimic în evidență, indicele Standard & Poor's 500 se pregătea să închidă cea mai bună perioadă de trei luni de la al patrulea trimestru al anului 1998.
Student:
While the day's trading was lackluster, the Standard & Poor's 500 index was preparing to close out its best three-month period since the fourth quarter of 1998.