Lithium Wrap: Chile’s SQM Drops 2.24% as LIT Fund Falls
Lithium: the LIT fund fell 1.37% on Friday and Chile's SQM dropped 2.24%, while Albemarle rose 1.17% and Chinese carbonate...
August 29, 2026Section
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Copper Falls Friday: Chile, Peru Exposed as CPER Slides
Copper: CPER fell 0.78% to US$39.67 on Friday and Southern Copper 3.00%, a pullback from August records that matter for...
August 29, 2026
Gold and Silver Fall as Dollar Rises, Hitting Mexico and Peru
Gold fell 3.1% to US$4,456 an ounce and silver 4.2% to US$66.21 on Friday after Fed Chair Warsh's Jackson Hole...
August 29, 2026
Colombia Markets: COLCAP & the Peso
Colombia COLCAP: the index fell 1.28% to 2,458 points on Friday and the peso weakened to 3,202.79 per US dollar...
August 29, 2026
Argentina Markets: Merval & the Peso
Argentina Merval: the index slipped 0.72% to 2,979,472 points on Friday as bank shares fell again; the wholesale peso held...
August 29, 2026
Chile Markets: IPSA & the Peso
Chile IPSA: the index slipped 0.22% to 11,446 points on Friday as SQM fell and banks gained; the peso weakened...
August 29, 2026
Oil Wrap: WTI Eases as Brazil’s Petrobras Rises on Búzios
Latin America oil: WTI eased and Brent settled at US$89.18 on Friday, while Petrobras gained 1.53% on Búzios pre-salt news...
August 29, 2026
Global Economy Briefing
Fed Chair Warsh's Jackson Hole speech pushed September hike odds to about 57%, lifted the dollar 0.5% and knocked gold...
August 29, 2026
Itaú BBA Cuts Chile’s CMPC to a New Floor Over Its US$6 Billion Natureza Megaproject
Cuts Chile CMPC: — What happened: Itaú BBA cut its CMPC price target to 1,030 pesos (US$1.12), the lowest of...
August 28, 2026