In this task, you are given a sentence in the Romanian language. Your job is to translate the Romanian sentence into the English language.
One example: Un bărbat pune brânză mărunțită pe o pizza.
Solution is here: A man is spreading shreded cheese on a pizza.
Explanation: In the given translation process, the tense of both sentences, quantitative measures, entity name, the polarity of the sentence remains the same.

Now, solve this: 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.
Solution:
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.