US benchmark equity indices gained ground after a choppy session that saw markets continue to dance to the tune of US-China trade headlines - Dow up +151-points or +0.57%, paring an earlier ~257-point rise. Trade bellwether Caterpillar Inc (up +2.7%) was the leading Dow performer, while Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan Chase advanced more than >1%. The broader S&P500 +0.64%, NASDAQ +0.60%.