The ASX closed lower on Friday after Afterpay owner Block Inc dropped 18 per cent in the wake of a scathing report by short-seller Hindenburg that alleged the company "misled" investors.
It followed the Bank of England lifting interest rates by 0.25 percentage points overnight, while Wall Street finished higher after Treasury secretary Janet Yellen reaffirmed that steps would be taken to prevent contagion.
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