Silver fixes higher, gold firm ahead of U.S. data

* Silver fixes at 1,752.50 U.S. cents compared with 1,738.00 cents on Thursday. Spot silver at $17.48 per ounce, up from $17.37 late in New York on Thursday. * Precious metals firm ahead of U.S. jobs data for October. * Gold bid at $1,092.85 a troy ounce, compared with a record high at $1,097.25 on Wednesday and from $1,089.55 on Thursday. Gold bulls target $1,100 an ounce. * Platinum at $1,354 from $1,353.50 late in New York on Wednesday and palladium $328 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