Chilean stocks rose in heavy trade on Friday, led by shipping company Vapores, as mutual funds got back into the market, and the peso ceded ground to the dollar for a fourth straight day.
The IPSA blue chip index rose 0.95 percent to 1,996.92 points, while the broader IGPA index climbed 0.65 percent to 9,303.19, preliminary closing figures showed.
"It's pretty clear that stock prices are recovering for a second day with strong increases, and strong volumes, like shipping company Vapores," said Rodrigo Cristi, an analyst with the Alfa brokerage.
The IPSA on Thursday had begun to reverse a seven-day slump during which it fell 5.6 percent. It reached a historic high in early August with a year-to-date gain of over 23 percent, which has now retreated to an accumulated gain of just 10.9 percent.
Chile's largest shipping company, Sudamericana de Vapores, surged 6.35 percent to 830 pesos a share, having hit a 17-month low on Wednesday.
Telephone company CTC Chile, a unit of Spanish Telefonica that controls 75 percent of the residential phone market, advanced 2.7 percent to 1,145.10 pesos a share.
The stock traded at a high of 1720 pesos in March and has fallen 26.9 percent this year.
La Polar led retailers with a gain of 2.83 percent at 1,455 pesos a share.