Investing.com - The National Federation of Independent Business index of small business optimism rose to the highest level since February 2007 in November, underlining optimism over the health of the economy, official data showed on Tuesday.
In a report, National Federation of Independent Business said that NFIB Small Business Optimism increased to 98.1 last month from 96.1 in October. Analysts had expected the index to rise to 96.6 in November.
EUR/USD was trading at 1.2369 following the release of the data, while GBP/USD was at 1.5651.
Meanwhile, U.S. equity markets pointed to a lower open. The Dow futures indicated a decline of 0.35%, the S&P 500 futures pointed to a loss of 0.4%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 futures indicated a drop of 0.4%.