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Chinese stocks fall for 4th day, dropping 7.6 percent

A Chinese stock investor reacts near a display for stock prices at a brokerage house in Qingdao in eastern China's Shandong province Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015. Chinese stocks tumbled again Tuesday after their biggest decline in eight years while most other Asian markets rebounded from a day of heavy losses. (Chinatopix via AP) CHINA OUT A Chinese stock investor reacts near a display for stock prices at a brokerage house in Qingdao in eastern China's Shandong province Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015. Chinese stocks tumbled again Tuesday after their biggest decline in eight years while most other Asian markets rebounded from a day of heavy losses. (Chinatopix via AP) CHINA OUT

By Associated Press August 25, 2015 1 min read

BEIJING (AP) – China’s main stock market index has fallen for a fourth day, plunging 7.6 percent to an eight-month low.

In Japan, the Nikkei 225 index, which had risen earlier Tuesday, closed down 3.9 percent at 17,806.70.

The Shanghai Composite Index closed Tuesday down 244.94 points to 2,964.97 amid sharp declines that have rattled investors abroad and triggered a global stock sell-off. It tumbled 8.5 percent Monday.

Chinese stocks have plunged over the last two weeks despite a multibillion-dollar government effort to stop a slide in prices.