China’s major stock indexes slumped more than 6 percent to 8-month lows in early trade on Tuesday before paring losses, after a catastrophic Monday that destabilized financial markets around the world. China CSI300 stock index futures (CIFc1) for September fell 2.6 percent to 3,053.4, 78.86 points below the current value of the underlying index. In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng index (.HSI) in Hong Kong reversed early losses and was trading up 1.5 percent.