April 15 (Reuters) - Holdings of the largest gold-backed exchange-traded-fund $(ETF.AU)$, New York's SPDR Gold Trust , fell 0.49 percent on Friday from Thursday, while the largest silver-backed ETF, New York's iShares Silver Trust , remained unchanged during the same period.
Exchange-traded funds, the most widely recognized type of ETP, back each security issued with physical stocks of a given commodity, creating a product they say is free from counterparty risk.
Name New Holdings Date Prev Holdings Prev Abs Change % chg YTD Abs
GOLD $(OZ)$ (OZ) (OZ) Change (OZ)
SPDR Gold Trust 2,65,79,955.6 Apr 12 2,67,09,552.4 Apr 11 -1,29,596.8 -0.49% -29,23,084.6
COMEX Gold Trust 1,23,26,428.7 Apr 12 1,23,16,973.0 Apr 11 9,455.7 0.08% -21,03,349.3
ETF Securities gold (ex-US) 9,293,742.4 Nov 30 9,293,742.4 Nov 30 -- -- -300,230.4
ZKB Physical Gold ** 52,58,022.6 Apr 05 52,58,022.6 Apr 05 -- -- 2,00,768.7
Sprott Physical Gold Trust 31,01,891.0 Apr 12 30,89,900.0 Apr 11 11,991.0 0.39% -48,264.0
ETFS Physical Swiss Gold 844,902.3 Jan 06 844,902.3 Jan 06 -- -- 57,520.6
ABSA - NewGold ETF 4,46,523.1 Apr 12 4,46,526.8 Apr 11 -3.7 0.00% -76,308.6
Total 5,78,51,465.7 5,79,59,619.5 -1,08,153.7 -0.19% -51,92,947.6
SILVER
iShares Silver Trust 43,39,29,508.4 Apr 12 43,39,29,508.4 Apr 11 .0 0.00% -3,35,31,770.4
Sprott Physical Silver 169,826,392.0 Apr 12 16,98,26,392.0 Apr 11 .0 0.00% -703,657.0
ETF Securities silver ex-US 100,389,761.6 Nov 30 100,389,761.6 Nov 30 -- -- 27,135,104.7
ZKB Physical Silver 9,31,26,713.3 Apr 05 9,31,26,713.3 Apr 05 -- -- -29,90,624.3
ETFS Physical Silver Shares 6,111,152.0 Mar 20 6,111,152.0 Mar 20 -- -- -17,105,014.8
Total 80,33,83,527.3 80,33,83,527.3 .0 0.00% -2,71,95,961.8
PLATINUM
ETFS Physical Platinum Shares 738,343.9 Mar 20 738,343.9 Mar 20 -- -- -10,582.1
ABSA - NewPlat ETF 4,05,580.2 Apr 12 4,04,625.2 Apr 11 955.0 0.24% 53,093.6
ETF Securities platinum ex-US 617,330.8 Nov 30 617,330.8 Nov 30 -- -- 32,609.5
ZKB Physical Platinum 5,03,334.3 Apr 05 5,03,334.3 Apr 05 -- -- 29,884.2
Total 22,64,589.2 22,63,634.2 955.0 0.04% 1,05,005.2
PALLADIUM
InvestPalladium ETF # 2,983.9 Apr 12 2,979.0 Apr 11 4.8 0.16% -1,599.3
ETFS Physical Palladium Shares 23,425.8 Mar 20 23,425.8 Mar 20 -- -- -134,305.6
ETF Securities palladium ex-US 111,915.0 Nov 30 111,915.0 Nov 30 -- -- -959.5
ZKB Physical Palladium 77,933.9 Apr 05 77,933.9 Apr 05 -- -- 12,692.8
ABSA - NewPalladium ETF **** 13,710.5 Apr 12 13,710.7 Apr 11 -.1 0.00% 3,805.5
Total 2,29,969.1 2,29,964.4 4.7 0.00% -1,20,366.1
The figures above are those reported to Reuters by the organizations involved by telephone or email on the date shown, or those that are publicly available on their websites.
** ZKB physical gold, silver, platinum and palladium funds are fully backed by physical precious metal and investors are entitled to physical delivery of them.
*** Shareholders in the GAM Gold fund can elect to hold "A class" shares, which are fully backed by physical gold. Investors in that class are entitled to physical delivery of the precious metal. Investors may also elect to hold "AX" class shares, which are fully backed by physical gold. Investors in that class are not entitled to physical delivery of the precious metal.
**** Absa Capital's NewPalladium Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) was listed on March 27, 2014 and is fully backed with South African palladium.
# Standard Bank's AfricaPalladium ETF, South Africa's first listed palladium exchange traded fund, debuted on March 24, 2014.
(Bengaluru Commodities desk ; BLRCEEditorial@thomsonreuters.com)
