US stock index futures were lower on Tuesday, a day after weak Chinese economic data rekindled fears of a global slowdown and sparked a sharp selloff.
The slide prompted a near-$20 billion injection by the People's Bank of China to stabilize markets. Chinese stock indexes were little changed on Tuesday after falling 7 percent on Monday.
Global stocks were down but off the lows they hit in the previous session.
Crude oil was lower as investors fretted about the state of the Chinese economy and a stronger dollar.
US stocks closed sharply lower on Monday, with the Dow making its worst start to a year since 2008. Weak US factory data also added to the worries.
US automakers are scheduled to report December sales figures on Tuesday, with estimates pointing to a decline to 18.10 million units from 18.19 million units in November.
Dupont's shares were down 1.5 percent at $62.10 in premarket trading after Citigroup cut its rating on the Dow component to "neutral".
Microsoft was down 0.8 percent at $54.38 as a Chinese regulator sought explanations from the software maker on findings from an anti-trust probe.
Royal Caribbean was down 1.4 percent at $96.80 after Morgan Stanley downgraded the stock to "equal weight".
Eli Lilly was down 2.2 percent at $81.05 after it set profit and revenue forecasts for 2016.
Futures snapshot at 6:54 a.m. ET:
Dow e-minis were down 113 points, or 0.66 percent, with 38,787 contracts changing hands.
S&P 500 e-minis were down 13 points, or 0.65 percent, with 195,236 contracts traded.
Nasdaq 100 e-minis were down 29 points, or 0.64 percent, on volume of 35,038 contracts.
