Nov 22 (Reuters) - Holdings of the largest gold-backed exchange-traded-fund $(ETF.AU)$, New York's SPDR Gold Trust , rose 0.30 percent on Thursday from Wednesday, while the largest silver-backed ETF, New York's iShares Silver Trust , dropped 0.36 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 2,82,27,679.9 Nov 21 2,81,44,567.7 Nov 20 83,112.2 0.30% -12,75,360.3
COMEX Gold Trust 1,25,90,952.6 Nov 21 1,25,34,303.8 Nov 20 56,648.8 0.45% -18,38,825.4
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 5,035,148.3 Nov 15 -- -- -22,105.6
Sprott Physical Gold Trust 3,290,561.0 Nov 21 32,90,561.0 Nov 20 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 5,65,293.8 Nov 21 5,65,298.4 Nov 20 -4.6 0.00% 42,462.0
Total 5,98,48,280.3 5,97,08,523.9 1,39,756.4 0.23% -31,96,133.1
SILVER
iShares Silver Trust 47,58,41,001.7 Nov 21 47,58,41,001.7 Nov 20 0.0 0.00% 83,79,722.9
Sprott Physical Silver 18,03,12,777.0 Nov 21 18,03,12,746.0 Nov 20 31.0 0.00% 97,82,728.0
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 87,137,865.2 Nov 15 -- -- -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 84,97,92,557.5 84,97,92,526.5 31.0 0.00% 1,92,13,068.4
PLATINUM
ETFS Physical Platinum Shares 738,343.9 Mar 20 738,343.9 Mar 20 -- -- -10,582.1
ABSA - NewPlat ETF 4,04,728.5 Nov 21 4,04,732.3 Nov 20 -3.8 0.00% 52,241.9
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 15 457,042.1 Nov 15 -- -- -16,408.1
Total 22,17,445.3 22,17,449.1 -3.8 0.00% 57,861.2
PALLADIUM
InvestPalladium ETF # 2,983.7 Nov 21 2,986.9 Nov 20 -3.2 -0.11% -1,599.5
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 15 -- -- 31,544.4
ABSA - NewPalladium ETF **** 7,920.0 Nov 21 7,920.0 Nov 20 -0.1 0.00% -1,985.1
Total 2,43,029.9 2,43,033.2 -3.3 0.00% -1,07,305.3
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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