Singapore stocks opened slightly higher today amid subdued trading after Wall Street stocks retreated overnight.

In early trade, the Straits Times Index rose 0.1 per cent to 3,159.03 points after 40.5 million securities changed hands in the broader market. 

In terms of companies to watch today, we have Catalist-listed NoonTalk Media. This comes as the company seeks shareholder approval at its upcoming extraordinary general meeting on Oct 23 to adopt a share purchase mandate. 

Elsewhere, from social media platform X introducing three tiers to paid service to hundreds of thousands of visitors flocking to Macau and Hong Kong over the Golden Week Holiday, more international headlines are in focus. 

On Market View, The Evening Runway’s finance presenter Chua Tian Tian unpacked the developments with Sunny Soh, Lead Technical Analyst (Capital Markets & Investor Education), SIAS.