Dollar drops on Yen intervention risk, gold rises

The dollar fell against most of its major peers as potential US involvement in foreign-exchange intervention in Japan hurt sentiment toward the world’s reserve currency. Gold rose above $5,000 for the first time on haven demand.The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index slid as much as 0.5% to the lowest level since September after a rate check Friday by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York spurred speculation the US may assist Japan in efforts to weaken the greenback versus the yen. Japan’s currency jumped as much a ...