The Santiago de Chile Stock Exchange suffered a 4.96% drop this Monday, just after an election day in which the candidate of the Chilean left, Gabriel Boric, prevailed in the presidential elections against the far-right Antonio Kast.
Specifically, the Chilean selective stood at 4,142 points, in…
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