China A-share environmental names rallied in the afternoon; Dongjiang Environmental surged straight to the daily trading limit, Zhongchi Co. earlier hit the limit, and Nanda Environment, Haixia Environmental and Wuhan Tianyuan also gained.

YONHAP reports the South Korean government will fully finance a Texas natural gas plant, with ownership to be split 50/50 with the United States.

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.