Gold vaults $1,100/oz; holds firm in late trade

* Gold bid at $1,093.55 a troy ounce late in Europe, down slightly from a record high of $1,100.90 hit earlier and compared with $1,089.55 on Thursday. * Market boosted by volatility sparked after weak U.S. jobs data. Additional support from prospect of further central bank buying of bullion. * Spot silver at $17.39 per ounce, up from $17.37 late in New York on Thursday. * Platinum at $1,336.50 from $1,353.50 late in New York on Wednesday and palladium at $325.50 from $328.50. For related news and prices, click on the codes in brackets: Spot gold/silver Platinum/palladium Gold lease rates Comex gold futures <0#GC:> Europe/Asia prices CBOT 100 oz gold futures <0#ZG:> RELATED NEWS AND OTHER TOPICS Precious metals news [GOL] All metals news [MTL] Metals summary [GLANCE (GLCE.PK - news) /MTL] Index of summaries [GLANCE/] All commodities news [C] Metals diary [MTL/DIARY] Ldn Bullion Mkt Assoc Foreign exchange rates SPEED GUIDES