在庫/株s flat as strong 4半期/4分の1 近づくs end; yen on 介入 watch

By 吊りくさび Krauskopf and Amanda Cooper

NEW YORK/LONDON, March 28 (Reuters) - A 計器 of 全世界の 株 markets was little changed on Thursday as it 長,率いるd for its second straight 4半期/4分の1 of solid 伸び(る)s, while a strong dollar kept the yen 近づく its weakest in 10年間s まっただ中に the 脅し of 介入 from Japanese 当局.

塀で囲む Street's main 在庫/株 索引s also showed 極小の change and markets 概して were 大部分は rangebound ahead of Friday's much-心配するd U.S. personal 消費 支出s (PCE) price 索引 data, a closely watched インフレーション 手段. Few markets will be open to 査定する/(税金などを)課す and 答える/応じる to the fresh data, however, given the long 復活祭 週末 in many countries.

"People are probably a little 用心深い about positioning ahead of PCE," said Sameer Samana, 上級の 全世界の market strategist at the 井戸/弁護士席s Fargo 投資 学校/設ける.

"For a lot of people today will be the last day of the week, they are probably squaring positions for the 4半期/4分の1, for the month."

高くする,増すd 焦点(を合わせる) was on the yen, which last 弱めるd 0.05% against the 米国紙幣 to 151.35 per dollar, having slid to a 34-year low of 151.975 in the previous 開会/開廷/会期.

Japan's three main 通貨の 当局 held an 緊急 会合 on Wednesday to discuss the weak yen, and 示唆するd they were ready to 介入する in the market to stop what they 述べるd as disorderly and 思索的な moves in the 通貨.

"Once dollar/yen touches 152, I think there will probably be a sharp move 上向き, and that's when 介入 could take place," said Takeshi Ishida, a 通貨 strategist at Resona Holdings.

The dollar 伸び(る)d on the euro after a U.S. 連邦の Reserve policymaker said he wasn't in a hurry to 削減(する) 率s.< /p>

Fed 知事 Christopher Waller said on Wednesday that 最近の disappointing インフレーション data 断言するs the 事例/患者 for the central bank to 持つ/拘留する off on cutting its short-称する,呼ぶ/期間/用語 利益/興味 率 的, but he did not 支配する out trimming 率s later in the year.

The dollar 索引 伸び(る)d 0.03% at 104.45, with the euro 負かす/撃墜する 0.26% at $1.0798.

MSCI's 計器 of 在庫/株s across the globe fell 0.01%. The 索引 was on pace to 地位,任命する a 伸び(る) of over 7% for the first 4半期/4分の1.

塀で囲む Street's main 索引s were barely changed in afternoon 貿易(する) ahead of 4半期/4分の1 end.

The Dow Jones 産業の 普通の/平均(する) rose 0.26 points to 39,760.43, the S&amp;P 500 伸び(る)d 2.17 points, or 0.04%, to 5,250.57 and the Nasdaq 合成物 lost 26.22 points, or 0.16%, to 16,373.30. Data on Thursday showed the U.S. economy grew faster than 以前 概算の in the fourth 4半期/4分の1, 解除するd by strong 消費者 spending and 商売/仕事 投資 in nonresidential structures like factories. 甚だしい/12ダース 国内の 製品 増加するd at a 3.4% annualized 率 last 4半期/4分の1, 改訂するd up from the 以前 報告(する)/憶測d 3.2% pace.

U.S. 財務省 産する/生じるs were わずかに firmer on the day but remained in 狭くする 禁止(する)d ahead of an 早期に の近くに before the Friday's market holiday.

The 産する/生じる on (判断の)基準 U.S. 10-year 公式文書,認めるs was at 4.198%, up from 4.196% late on Wednesday.

Oil prices rose as 投資家s 心配するd tighter 供給(する)s given the 石油輸出国機構+ 生産者 同盟 is 広範囲にわたって 推定する/予想するd to stay the course on its 現在の 生産/産物 削減(する)s.

U.S. 天然のまま 伸び(る)d 1.75% to $82.77 a バーレル/樽 and Brent rose to $87.38 per バーレル/樽, up 1.5% on the day.

(付加 報告(する)/憶測ing by Alun John in London; Editing by Emelia Sithole-Matarise and Nick Zieminski)

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