The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission imposed a $120 million civil monetary penalty on Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and its unit, Goldman Sachs & Co., to resolve allegations of manipulation and false reporting of a global dollar benchmark for interest rate products.

The regulator said the companies have tried on several instances between January 2007 and March 2012 to manipulate the U.S. Dollar International Swaps and Derivatives Association Fix benchmark. Goldman Sachs was also asked to take remedial steps that would prevent traders from manipulating swap rates in the future.

"We are pleased to have resolved these matters and have already taken steps to enhance our policies and procedures," Goldman Sachs spokesman Michael DuVally said in a statement emailed to S&P Global Market Intelligence.