US equity markets arrested a steep, two day sell-off that opened the fourth quarter, with the benchmark indices recovering from losses earlier in the session that were prompted by weak services sector data - Dow up +123-points or +0.47%, rebounding from a slide of as much as 335-point or ~1.3% earlier in the session. The broader S&P500 gained+0.80%, recovering from an earlier -1.1% decline. NASDAQ +1.20%.