Key Facts
The S&P IPSA added 0.28% to 11,056.70, holding above the 11,000-mark reclaimed only last week and staying about 5.7% below its January record.
Copper, the macro anchor for Chile, firmed 1.13% to US$6.29/lb on the LME, feeding a slightly stronger peso and driving bids into mining-sensitive cyclicals and heavy industry.
Quinenco led the blue-chip board with a 4% surge, while Entel and the steel-and-mining group CAP each rose 2.9% in a broad-based rotation away from pure resource plays.
Lithium giant SQM-B was the session’s most-traded name but also the biggest loser, falling 2% on US$23m of turnover even as the medium-term lithium recovery narrative stays intact.
