Nov 19 (Reuters) - Holdings of the largest gold-backed exchange-traded-fund $(ETF.AU)$, New York's SPDR Gold Trust , rose 0.20 percent on Monday from Friday, while the largest silver-backed ETF, New York's iShares Silver Trust , gained 1.22 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 28,024,515.5 Nov 18 27,969,105.8 Nov 15 55,409.7 0.20% -1,478,524.7
COMEX Gold Trust 12,534,303.8 Nov 18 12,534,303.8 Nov 15 0.0 0.00% -1,895,474.2
ETF Securities gold (ex-US) 9,293,742.4 Nov 30 9,293,742.4 Nov 30 -- -- -300,230.4
ZKB Physical Gold ** 5,035,148.3 Nov 15 5,070,326.6 Nov 08 -35,178.2 -0.69% -22,105.6
Sprott Physical Gold Trust 3,290,561.0 Nov 18 3,290,561.0 Nov 15 0.0 0.00% 140,406.0
ETFS Physical Swiss Gold 844,902.3 Jan 06 844,902.3 Jan 06 -- -- 57,520.6
ABSA - NewGold ETF 569,942.9 Nov 18 569,956.9 Nov 15 -14.0 0.00% 47,111.1
Total 59,593,116.2 59,572,898.7 20,217.4 0.03% -3,451,297.2
SILVER
iShares Silver Trust 477,572,866.9 Nov 18 471,830,089.3 Nov 15 5,742,777.6 1.22% 10,111,588.1
Sprott Physical Silver 180,312,746.0 Nov 18 180,312,746.0 Nov 15 0.0 0.00% 9,782,697.0
ETF Securities silver ex-US 100,389,761.6 Nov 30 100,389,761.6 Nov 30 -- -- 27,135,104.7
ZKB Physical Silver 87,137,865.2 Nov 15 87,328,808.5 Nov 08 -190,943.3 -0.22% -8,979,472.4
ETFS Physical Silver Shares 6,111,152.0 Mar 20 6,111,152.0 Mar 20 -- -- -17,105,014.8
Total 851,524,391.7 845,972,557.4 5,551,834.3 0.66% 20,944,902.6
PLATINUM
ETFS Physical Platinum Shares 738,343.9 Mar 20 738,343.9 Mar 20 -- -- -10,582.1
ABSA - NewPlat ETF 404,739.9 Nov 18 404,751.4 Nov 15 -11.4 0.00% 52,253.4
ETF Securities platinum ex-US 617,330.8 Nov 30 617,330.8 Nov 30 -- -- 32,609.5
ZKB Physical Platinum 457,042.1 Nov 15 458,807.5 Nov 08 -1,765.4 -0.38% -16,408.1
Total 2,217,456.7 2,219,233.6 -1,776.8 -0.08% 57,872.7
PALLADIUM
InvestPalladium ETF # 2,992.8 Nov 18 2,998.2 Nov 15 -5.4 -0.18% -1,590.4
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 15 96,785.5 Nov 08 0.0 0.00% 31,544.4
ABSA - NewPalladium ETF **** 7,920.2 Nov 18 7,920.4 Nov 15 -0.2 0.00% -1,984.8
Total 243,039.3 243,044.9 -5.6 0.00% -107,295.9
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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