NewsWare's Trade Talk: Thursday, January 2

S&P Futures are trading higher this morning with tech shares displaying strong gains. The key economic data point for today will be the Jobless claims which is due out before the opening bell. TSLA is expected to release its sales data today. On Friday, Congress votes on whether or not Mike Johnson remains speaker. Next week the annual CES show in Las Vegas gets underway. European markets are trading lower mainly due to PMI data. Oil prices are higher in the pre-market with demand expectations out of China for 2025 are causing prices to rise.