Chile’s Markets Cool After Post-Election Surge As Peso Slips And IPSA Pauses
The Chilean peso surrendered part of its election-fuelled gains on Friday, with the dollar closing near CLP 940 after briefly trading closer to 923 earlier in the week.
The move reflected a firmer global dollar— the Dollar Index is hovering around the 100 mark again— and a mild pullback in copper, which remains above US$10,700 per tonne but has lost some momentum after a powerful rally.
Even after Friday’s move, the peso is still among the region’s better performers in November.
Investors are recalibrating rather than fleeing: markets have already priced in a more market-friendly policy mix after the first-round result.
They are now waiting for December’s run-off and fresh guidance from the Central Bank, which is cautiously advancing its rate-cutting cycle as inflation drifts toward target.
Technically, USD/CLP shows a short-term relief rally inside a broader downtrend. On the four-hour chart the pair has bounced from the low-930s, with a bullish MACD crossover and RSI recovering from oversold territory, pointing to a range trade between roughly 930 and 950.
Chile’s Markets Cool After Post-Election Surge As Peso Slips And IPSA Pauses
The daily chart still tilts in favour of a somewhat stronger peso over time, but the latest bounce underlines how sensitive Chile remains to swings in the global dollar and copper.
Equities told a similar “pause, not panic” story. The S&P IPSA index edged up about 0.3% to just under 9,830 points, recovering in the closing auction after spending much of the session in the red and staying shy of the 10,000-point psychological barrier hit earlier in the week.
Rotation beneath the surface was sharp. Pension and metals names led the advance: CUPRUM rose about 7%, PLANVITAL 4.5%, MOLYMET 3.4%, CALICHERAA 3.1% and PROVIDA 2.8%.
The laggards were mostly utilities and basic materials: COLBUN fell 3.5%, ALMENDRAL 3.2%, ENEL CHILE 3.1%, Minera 2.9% and Pucobre 2.8%.
Weekly and daily charts still show a powerful structural uptrend in the IPSA, but with RSI in overbought territory and year-to-date gains near 50%, the market is clearly in digestion mode.
For now, Chile’s message to investors is that orthodox policy and credible institutions remain rewarded— just not at any price.
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| Instrument | Last | Change | YoY | Prev. | High | Low | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPSA | 11,241.32 | +0.49% | — | 11,186.57 | 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 |
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