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Tariffs uncertainty and a shorter trading week are likely to keep most investors on the sidelines. Picture: Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images

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7:06AMApril 15, 2025.

Updated 4:59PMApril 15, 2025

The Australian Business Network

Welcome to the Trading Day blog for Tuesday, April 15. The ASX 200 index closed 0.2 per cent higher to 7761.70 points amid US President Donald Trump's changing tariff stance.

On Wall Street, the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones indexes closed 0.8 per cent higher, respectively, while the technology-heavy Nasdaq rose 0.6 per cent.

Cryptocurrency giant bitcoin was trading above $US85,000 at 5pm AEST.

The Aussie dollar was trading around US63.58c.