Chile Stock Market Rises 0.45% as Copper Cushions Worse-Than-Expected Q1 GDP Miss
IPSA Chile today reflects Monday’s 0.45% bounce to 10,467.78 even after Q1 GDP missed at −0.5% YoY (consensus +0.1%). The session low at 10,329 tested the cloud floor at 10,309 and held. RSI 39.45 still oversold. Copper anchor intact.
The Big Three
IPSA closed Monday at 10,467.78 (+0.45%, +46.43 pts) on the same session INE released Q1 2026 GDP at −0.5% YoY — a miss against the +0.1% consensus and outside every forecast range. IPSA absorbed it: session low 10,329 sat 20 points above the cloud floor at 10,309, buyers re-entered, close near the high.
Mining contracted 3.1% on lower copper ore grades; fishing collapsed 18.6%; agriculture −5.4%; manufacturing −2.0%. Personal services +2.4% was the only positive. Worst Q1 since 2023. But copper above $4.50/lb anchored the peso — the same cushion that held Friday’s Warsh shock held Monday’s domestic miss.
RSI fast 39.45, slow 43.58 — still oversold but recovering. MACD histogram −51.95, signal narrowing. The 20-DMA at 10,631 and 50-DMA at 10,738 cluster sits 1.6–2.6% overhead. June BCCh meeting is the next pivot — the GDP miss strengthens the rate-cut case.
02 Session Data
| Metric | Value | Change | Context |
|---|---|---|---|
| IPSA close | 10,467.78 | +0.45% | Held GDP miss |
| Intraday range | 10,329 – 10,470 | 141 pts | Cloud floor tagged then bid |
| Cloud floor | 10,309.01 | Held | Session low 20 pts above |
| Q1 GDP YoY | −0.5% | Below range | Mining −3.1%, fishing −18.6% |
| RSI fast / slow | 39.45 / 43.58 | Recovering | From Fri 37.51 |
| MACD histogram | −51.95 | Wider | Signal still narrowing |
| Copper | $4.50+/lb | Firm | Anchors peso |
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-0.58%
204,011.93
-0.05%
69,889.73
-0.51%
10,717.79
-0.58%
3,017,221
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57,021.19
-0.08%
| Instrument | Last | Change | YoY | Prev. | High | Low | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPSA | 10,717.79 | -0.58% | — | 10,780.31 | 11,210 | 10,984 | 1,513,213,483 |
| USD/CLP | 913.98 | +0.04% | -5.67% | 913.65 | 915.11 | 906.68 | — |
| COPPER | 6.61 | +0.03% | +46.70% | 6.61 | 6.71 | 6.61 | 39,543 |
| SQM-B | 65,305 | -0.84% | +49.03% | 65,860 | 66,949 | 64,978 | 76,539 |
| COPEC | 5,964 | -1.09% | -11.70% | 6,030 | 6,100 | 5,960 | 634,331 |
| BSANTANDER | 78.37 | -2.28% | +35.94% | 80.20 | 81.69 | 78.34 | 36,288,711 |
| FALABELLA | 6,334 | -1.48% | +23.28% | 6,429 | 6,450 | 6,300 | 26,085,814 |
| ENELAM | 87.09 | +0.10% | -10.13% | 87.00 | 87.40 | 86.50 | 13,106,417 |
| CENCOSUD | 1,946 | -2.19% | -35.30% | 1,990 | 2,010 | 1,945 | 966,528 |
| CMPC | 1,020 | -1.96% | -29.10% | 1,040 | 1,050 | 1,015 | 3,526,677 |
| BANCO CHILE | 184.96 | -1.01% | +32.87% | 186.85 | 189.99 | 184.33 | 18,101,240 |
| LATAM AIR | 24.08 | -1.11% | +16.61% | 24.35 | 24.59 | 23.88 | 573,612,753 |
| SOUTHERN COPPER | 193.97 | -0.26% | +104.01% | 194.48 | 199.36 | 192.59 | 367,102 |
03 Why Chile Held the GDP Miss
External Trigger: Warsh shock has no Monday follow-through
Friday’s Warsh handover and US April CPI 3.8% drove the 10Y to 4.55%. Monday saw no follow-through. Chile’s external cushion held: copper above $4.50/lb anchored the peso, import-fuel inflation did not spike. IPSA tagged the cloud floor early then bid back. Same anchor that held Friday’s drop held Monday’s miss.
Local Driver: Bad print, but priced in
INE released Q1 2026 GDP at −0.5% YoY — below +0.1% consensus and outside every forecast range. Mining −3.1%, fishing −18.6%, agriculture −5.4%, manufacturing −2.0%, services +2.4% the only positive. Worst since 2023 — but three Imacec contractions and Treasury’s May 4 emergency framing already discounted it.
Key Facts
— Monday was the cleanest LatAm absorption of a domestic shock this cycle. The Q1 print missed by 60bp and landed outside every forecast range, yet IPSA closed up. Three reasons. Consensus had pre-priced the miss through three Imacec contractions and the May 4 emergency framing. The cloud floor at 10,309 held by 20 points. The miss strengthens the June BCCh rate-cut case toward 4.25%, an offsetting positive.
— The recovery is modest. Chile bounced +0.45% vs Argentina +4.00% and Mexico +0.63% because the Monday catalyst was bad news. RSI 39.45 still oversold. The 20-DMA at 10,631 is the next gate. Below the cloud floor at 10,309 invalidates the Kast uptrend; above 10,631 reopens the path toward 10,800.
05 Technical Snapshot
IPSA closed Monday at 10,467.78 above the cloud floor (10,309) by 159 points after the session low tagged 10,329 — 20 points above the floor. The 20-DMA at 10,631 and 50-DMA at 10,738 cluster sits 1.6–2.6% overhead and is the next gate; upper Bollinger 10,803 is the immediate ceiling. Lower Bollinger 10,064 is the 3.9% structural floor below the cloud. MACD histogram −51.95 (wider from Friday −36.32) but signal narrowing. RSI fast 39.45, slow 43.58.
06 Forward Look
07 Questions & Answers
Key Facts
— Monday’s +0.45% bounce on a worse-than-expected Q1 GDP print is the cleanest LatAm absorption of a domestic shock this cycle. Three Imacec contractions and the May 4 emergency framing pre-priced the miss; the cloud floor at 10,309 held by 20 points; the miss strengthens the June BCCh cut case to 4.25%. Copper above $4.50/lb kept the peso steady. RSI 39.45 still oversold.
— Related: Friday’s Warsh-shock cushion · Imacec March contraction and emergency · Argentina +4% reversal.
— Next gate: 20-DMA at 10,631. Clear = path to 50-DMA at 10,738; reject = cloud-floor retest at 10,309.
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