Dollar tumbles versus euro, yen and Swiss franc and sterling in New York

The US dollar hit its lowest level in more than three weeks against the euro, yen, Swiss franc and sterling on Wednesday on nervousness about a potential victory for US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump next week.
Investors are rethinking long-held bets on a November 8 victory for Democrat Hillary Clinton. Clinton held a 5 percentage point lead over Trump, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll released on Monday, but some other polls showed her Republican rival ahead by 1 to 2 percentage points.
The dollar index, which measures the greenback against a basket of six major currencies, was last down 0.3 percent at 97.403, after falling 0.6 percent to 97.178, its lowest level since October 11.
The Mexican peso tumbled to a more than one-month low against the greenback, at 19.4667 pesos per dollar, on fears of how a Trump victory could hurt the Mexican economy.
Clinton is viewed as the candidate of the status quo, while there is greater uncertainty over what a Trump victory might mean for US foreign policy, international trade and the domestic economy.
"There is a huge amount of unknown unknowns around Trump," said Richard Franulovich, a senior currency strategist at Westpac Banking Corp in New York.
The euro was last up 0.3 percent at $1.1088 after rising 0.6 percent in afternoon trading to $1.1123, its highest level since October 11. Against the yen the dollar was down 0.7 percent, at 103.40 yen, after falling 1 percent earlier to 103.03 yen, its lowest level October 10.
The dollar was last down 0.2 percent against the Swiss franc , at 0.9733 franc, after earlier falling about 0.6 percent to 0.9695, its lowest level in roughly a month.
The Mexican peso suffered a roughly 1.4 percent drop against the dollar. A possible Trump victory has been viewed as a key risk for the Mexican currency given the candidate's promises to clamp down on immigration and rethink trade relations.
"The peso weakening is a reflection of the increase in momentum from the polls favouring Trump," said Mazen Issa, senior currency strategist at TD Securities in New York.