FAA extends ground-stop at Newark Liberty International Airport until 11:15 a.m. ET.

This period (Sept 14–20) saw no new IPO filings accepted. As of Sept 20, 245 IPO applications have been accepted year-to-date: Shanghai Stock Exchange 63 (Main Board 11, STAR Market 52), Shenzhen Stock Exchange 80 (Main Board 11, ChiNext 69), Beijing Stock Exchange 102. As of Sept 20, 405 companies are under review across exchanges: Shanghai 94 (Main Board 21, STAR 73), Shenzhen 100 (Main Board 19, ChiNext 81), Beijing 211.

Philadelphia Semiconductor Index extended gains to 4% as chip names rallied: Intel jumped 11.9% (INTC.O), Qualcomm rose 8% (QCOM.O), NVIDIA gained 2.3% (NVDA.O) and ASML added 2.05% (ASML.O).