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Net Financial Operating Income (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Net Financial Operating Income |
Schedule of gain (losses) from trading and brokerage activities |
|  | 2015 |  | 2016 |  | 2017 |
|  | MCh$ |  | MCh$ |  | MCh$ |
Income on trading securities |  | 12,770 |  | 42,415 |  | 46,207 |
Gain (loss) from mark to market |  | (2,132 | ) | 9,554 |  | 4,435 |
Financial assets held-for-trading |  | 10,638 |  | 51,969 |  | 50,642 |
Sale of available-for-sale instruments |  | 8,861 |  | 65,320 |  | 6,514 |
Sale of loan portfolio |  | 4,130 |  | 4,930 |  | 2,063 |
Net (loss) gain of other transactions |  | 1,687 |  | 752 |  | 233 |
Derivative instruments |  | 19,096 |  | 5,604 |  | (89,113 | )
Total |  | 44,412 |  | 128,575 |  | (29,661 | )

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