Nov 15 (Reuters) - Holdings of the largest gold-backed exchange-traded-fund $(ETF.AU)$, New York's SPDR Gold Trust , fell 0.13 percent on Thursday from Wednesday, while the largest silver-backed ETF, New York's iShares Silver Trust , dropped 0.65 percent 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 2,78,86,839.7 Nov 14 2,79,23,780.9 Nov 13 -36,941.3 -0.13% -16,16,200.6
COMEX Gold Trust 1,25,14,475.9 Nov 14 1,24,14,391.8 Nov 13 1,00,084.1 0.81% -19,15,302.0
ETF Securities gold (ex-US) 9,293,742.4 Nov 30 9,293,742.4 Nov 30 -- -- -300,230.4
ZKB Physical Gold ** 50,70,326.6 Nov 08 50,70,326.6 Nov 08 -- -- 13,072.6
Sprott Physical Gold Trust 32,90,561.0 Nov 14 32,90,561.0 Nov 13 0.0 0.00% 1,40,406.0
ETFS Physical Swiss Gold 844,902.3 Jan 06 844,902.3 Jan 06 -- -- 57,520.6
ABSA - NewGold ETF 5,69,961.6 Nov 14 5,69,966.2 Nov 13 -4.7 0.00% 47,129.8
Total 5,94,70,809.4 5,94,07,671.2 63,138.2 0.11% -35,73,604.0
SILVER
iShares Silver Trust 47,05,53,905.3 Nov 14 47,36,53,270.5 Nov 13 -30,99,365.2 -0.65% 30,92,626.5
Sprott Physical Silver 18,03,12,746.0 Nov 14 18,03,12,746.0 Nov 13 0.0 0.00% 97,82,697.0
ETF Securities silver ex-US 100,389,761.6 Nov 30 100,389,761.6 Nov 30 -- -- 27,135,104.7
ZKB Physical Silver 8,73,28,808.5 Nov 08 8,73,28,808.5 Nov 08 -- -- -87,88,529.1
ETFS Physical Silver Shares 6,111,152.0 Mar 20 6,111,152.0 Mar 20 -- -- -17,105,014.8
Total 84,46,96,373.4 84,77,95,738.6 -30,99,365.2 -0.37% 1,41,16,884.3
PLATINUM
ETFS Physical Platinum Shares 738,343.9 Mar 20 738,343.9 Mar 20 -- -- -10,582.1
ABSA - NewPlat ETF 4,04,755.2 Nov 14 4,04,759.0 Nov 13 -3.8 0.00% 52,268.6
ETF Securities platinum ex-US 617,330.8 Nov 30 617,330.8 Nov 30 -- -- 32,609.5
ZKB Physical Platinum 4,58,807.5 Nov 08 4,58,807.5 Nov 08 -- -- -14,642.7
Total 22,19,237.4 22,19,241.2 -3.8 0.00% 59,653.3
PALLADIUM
InvestPalladium ETF # 2,993.8 Nov 14 2,993.1 Nov 13 0.8 0.03% -1,589.4
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 96,785.5 Nov 08 96,785.5 Nov 08 -- -- 31,544.4
ABSA - NewPalladium ETF **** 7,920.5 Nov 14 7,920.6 Nov 13 -0.1 0.00% -1,984.5
Total 2,43,040.6 2,43,039.9 0.7 0.00% -1,07,294.6
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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