(Corrects total holdings data in table after ABSA revises gold, platinum, and palladium ETF holdings data for March 27 and March 28)
March 29 (Reuters) - Holdings of the largest gold-backed exchange-traded-fund $(ETF.AU)$, New York's SPDR Gold Trust , rose 0.41% on Tuesday from Monday, while the largest silver-backed ETF, New York's iShares Silver Trust , rose 0.26% 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 29,827,479.8 Mar 28 29,706,643.4 Mar 27 120,836.4 0.41% 324,439.6
COMEX Gold Trust 14,247,466.0 Mar 28 14,226,609.6 Mar 27 20,856.4 0.15% -182,311.9
ETF Securities gold (ex-US) 9,293,742.4 Nov 30 9,293,742.4 Nov 30 -- -- -300,230.4
ZKB Physical Gold ** 4,980,975.5 Mar 24 4,980,975.5 Mar 24 -- -- -76,278.5
Sprott Physical Gold Trust 3,135,485.0 Mar 28 3,135,531.0 Mar 27 -46.0 0.00% -14,670.0
ETFS Physical Swiss Gold 844,902.3 Jan 06 844,902.3 Jan 06 -- -- 57,520.6
ABSA - NewGold ETF 526,180.3 Mar Mar
28 549,475.8 27 -23,295.5 -4.24% 3,348.6
Total 62,856,231.3
62,737,880.0 118,351.3 0.19% -188,182.0
SILVER
iShares Silver Trust 460,082,425.6 Mar 28 458,887,710.0 Mar 27 1,194,715.6 0.26% -7,378,853.2
Sprott Physical Silver 172,932,860.0 Mar 28 172,933,373.0 Mar 27 -513.0 0.00% 2,402,811.0
ETF Securities silver ex-US 100,389,761.6 Nov 30 100,389,761.6 Nov 30 -- -- 27,135,104.7
ZKB Physical Silver 96,429,489.2 Mar 24 96,429,489.2 Mar 24 -- -- 312,151.6
ETFS Physical Silver Shares 6,111,152.0 Mar 20 6,111,152.0 Mar 20 -- -- -17,105,014.8
Total 835,945,688.4 834,751,485.8 1,194,202.6 0.14% 5,366,199.3
PLATINUM
ETFS Physical Platinum Shares 738,343.9 Mar 20 738,343.9 Mar 20 -- -- -10,582.1
ABSA - NewPlat ETF 435,909.7 Mar Mar
28 435,913.8 27 -4.1 0.00% 83,423.1
ETF Securities platinum ex-US 617,330.8 Nov 30 617,330.8 Nov 30 -- -- 32,609.5
ZKB Physical Platinum 473,166.9 Mar 24 473,166.9 Mar 24 -- -- -283.3
Total 2,264,751.3
2,264,755.4 -4.1 0.00% 105,167.3
PALLADIUM
InvestPalladium ETF # 3,631.3 Mar 28 3,629.5 Mar 27 1.9 0.05% -951.9
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 66,924.9 Mar 24 66,924.9 Mar 24 -- -- 1,683.7
ABSA - NewPalladium ETF 6,999.4 Mar Mar
**** 28 6,999.4 27 -.1 0.00% -2,905.6
Total 212,896.4
212,894.6 1.8 0.00% -137,438.9
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. ((((For help: Click "Contact Us" in your desk top, click here HELP or call 1-800-738-8377 for Reuters Products and +1-888-463-3383 for Thomson products)) ))
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