Key Points
- USD/CLP held near 904 early Tuesday, with 900 still the market’s pivot.
- The IPSA set its first record close of 2026 as copper hit records and stocks rallied.
- Heavy foreign CLP shorts and stretched charts point to choppy follow-through.
Copper at record highs and a softer dollar framed Chile trading into Tuesday morning. USD/CLP hovered near 904 around 07:41 UTC, while the Central Bank’s “dólar observado” was 905.14 CLP per $1.
Monday’s FX move was muted. The peso firmed and Marco Correa at BICE called the shift “quite marginal,” even as copper rose on supply fears that included a strike at the Mantoverde mine. The dollar index eased to about 98.238 (roughly -0.2%).
Chile’s macro backdrop helps explain the friction. The policy rate is 4.5% and inflation is 3.4% y/y, yet non-residents have built a large net short CLP derivatives position (about $7.4bn).
On the chart, the daily candle printed roughly O/H/L/C 905.47/906.03/901.72/903.72, with price below key averages and the cloud; daily RSI sat in the low 40s.
Weekly RSI in the low 30s flags an extended downtrend. Support sits at 903–900, then 897 and 894; resistance at 906–912, then 915–918.
Equities did the talking. The S&P IPSA closed at a record 10,693.57 (+2.54%). Rodrigo Godoy at Credicorp Capital Chile called the Venezuela headline’s impact “neutral” for IPSA members.
The rally also drew support from central-bank minutes after a council member floated a 50 bp cut, which matters for debt-sensitive mall operators. Momentum is hot: daily RSI is above 70 and the weekly reading is higher, raising consolidation odds.
Liquidity clustered in familiar names: Latam traded about CLP 25.9bn, Banco de Chile CLP 17.8bn, SQM-B CLP 15.5bn, Copec CLP 14.1bn and Falabella CLP 9.12bn.
Offshore, iShares’ Chile ETF (ECH) sat near $1.05bn in assets, traded about 1.55m shares, and showed roughly -$78.4m in one-month net flows.
Top winners: Mallplaza (+4.7%), Parque Arauco (+4.6%), Salfacorp (+4.6%), Enel Chile (+4.1%), CMPC (+3.94%).
Top losers and laggards: Andina-A (-0.11%), the dollar index (down ~0.2%), USD/CLP (down ~0.27% on the day), ECH’s one-month outflows (~-$78.4m), and the non-resident short CLP position (~$7.4bn).
This is part of The Rio Times’ daily coverage of Chilean markets and Latin American financial news.
For context on regional markets, see Brazil’s Ibovespa for the same session.
Also tracking regional peers: Colombia’s COLCAP closed the same session.
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