Dec 24 (Reuters) - Holdings of the largest gold-backed exchange-traded-fund $(ETF.AU)$, New York's SPDR Gold Trust , fell 0.39 percent on Monday from Friday, 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 28,098,387.1 Dec 23 28,209,164.3 Dec 20 -110,777.2 -0.39% -1,404,653.2
COMEX Gold Trust 12,621,432.7 Dec 23 12,621,432.7 Dec 20 0.0 0.00% -1,808,345.3
ETF Securities gold (ex-US) 9,293,742.4 Nov 30 9,293,742.4 Nov 30 -- -- -300,230.4
ZKB Physical Gold ** 4,974,160.6 Dec 20 4,979,716.3 Dec 13 -5,555.6 -0.11% -83,093.3
Sprott Physical Gold Trust 3,290,193.0 Dec 23 3,290,193.0 Dec 20 0.0 0.00% 140,038.0
ETFS Physical Swiss Gold 844,902.3 Jan 06 844,902.3 Jan 06 -- -- 57,520.6
ABSA - NewGold ETF 564,218.7 Dec 23 564,232.6 Dec 20 -13.9 0.00% 41,387.0
Total 59,687,036.8 59,803,383.5 -116,346.7 -0.19% -3,357,376.6
SILVER
iShares Silver Trust 463,747,139.4 Dec 23 463,747,139.4 Dec 20 0.0 0.00% -3,714,139.4
Sprott Physical Silver 180,613,426.0 Dec 23 180,613,426.0 Dec 20 0.0 0.00% 10,083,377.0
ETF Securities silver ex-US 100,389,761.6 Nov 30 100,389,761.6 Nov 30 -- -- 27,135,104.7
ZKB Physical Silver 86,653,610.6 Dec 20 87,170,112.4 Dec 13 -516,501.8 -0.59% -9,463,727.0
ETFS Physical Silver Shares 6,111,152.0 Mar 20 6,111,152.0 Mar 20 -- -- -17,105,014.8
Total 837,515,089.6 838,031,591.4 -516,501.8 -0.06% 6,935,600.5
PLATINUM
ETFS Physical Platinum Shares 738,343.9 Mar 20 738,343.9 Mar 20 -- -- -10,582.1
ABSA - NewPlat ETF 398,867.6 Dec 23 398,878.8 Dec 20 -11.3 0.00% 46,381.0
ETF Securities platinum ex-US 617,330.8 Nov 30 617,330.8 Nov 30 -- -- 32,609.5
ZKB Physical Platinum 441,855.7 Dec 20 446,561.3 Dec 13 -4,705.6 -1.05% -31,594.5
Total 2,196,397.9 2,201,114.8 -4,716.9 -0.21% 36,813.9
PALLADIUM
InvestPalladium ETF # 2,999.1 Dec 23 2,997.3 Dec 20 1.7 0.06% -1,584.1
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 99,978.7 Dec 20 99,537.9 Dec 13 440.8 0.44% 34,737.6
ABSA - NewPalladium ETF **** 7,917.6 Dec 23 7,917.8 Dec 20 -0.2 0.00% -1,987.4
Total 246,236.2 245,793.9 442.3 0.18% -104,099.1
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. ((((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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