What happened on the last trade day (May 3)

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SINGAPORE’S retail sales grew 2.7 per cent year on year in March, extending the previous month’s 8.6 per cent growth, according to data released by the Department of Statistics (SingStat) on Friday (May 3).

H2G Green’s chief executive officer Lim Shao-Lin will be facing trial at the State Courts on Aug 5, 2024, after being charged on Oct 31, 2023.

HSBC has appointed Gilbert Ng, former head of corporate banking at Citigroup, as its new head of global banking for Singapore. The appointment was effective from Thursday.

SINGAPORE and Canada have agreed to enhance bilateral cooperation in science, technology and innovation, the two countries said in a joint statement on Thursday.

THREE directors of Dasin Retail Trust’s trustee-manager, including the chairman of the board, denied allegations of misconduct made by Zhang Zhencheng, a non-executive director and shareholder of the trustee-manager as well as a substantial unitholder of the trust.

KEPPEL Infrastructure Trust’s distributable income for the first quarter ended Mar 31 fell 29.1 per cent to S$50.9 million, from S$71.8 million a year ago.

SINGAPORE stocks ended the week in the red on Friday, ahead of key labour market data from the United States.