Reuters
SYDNEY/LONDON (Reuters) -Global shares steadied on Monday ahead of U.S. price data that investors are banking on to show a renewed moderation in inflation, while markets were on alert for Japanese intervention as the dollar tested the 160-yen barrier. Japan's Nikkei closed up 0.5%, with the continued decline in the yen putting pressure on the Bank of Japan to tighten policy despite patchy domestic data. Japan's top currency official Masato Kanda was out early to voice disapproval with the yen's latest drop which saw the dollar reach as high as 159.94.