NEW YORK/ LONDON, May 9- Gold edged lower on Thursday on the dollar's rally and encouraging U.S. job data, but decent physical demand and gains in platinum group metals and agricultural commodities helped lift bullion from early lows. Palladium rose nearly 3 percent on buying ahead of major wage talks between South Africa's major mining unions and PGM producers.
*Platinum, palladium join rebound in gold. *Cocoa moves up along with soy, corn and wheat. NEW YORK, April 16- Brent crude oil futures fell below $100 a barrel for the first time in nine months but gold eked out a gain after hitting a two-year bottom and other commodities recovered some ground after one of the worst two-day drops in recent history.
NEW YORK, Feb 4- Platinum hit a four-month high on Monday, extending its outperformance to gold after roaring U.S. car sales boosted demand for the key ingredient used in purifying automotive emissions. The spot price of platinum jumped 0.8 percent on the day, reaching above $1,705 an ounce.
*US jobs, housing data boost industrial commodities. NEW YORK, Jan 17- Platinum, palladium and oil hit multimonth highs on Thursday, and copper posted its biggest gains in two weeks, as bullish U.S. jobs and housing data sparked a broad run-up in commodities, particularly those for industrial use.
*South Africa supply concerns underpin platinum group metals. Supply concerns from major producer South Africa also continued to drive prices higher, after miner Anglo American Platinum announced an overhaul that it said could cost it 400,000 ounces of platinum production a year.