(Corrects to change YTD absolute change for ABSA-NewGold ETF and total gold holdings. Updates with latest available data for ZKB Physical Silver, Platinum, Palladium, ABSA - NewPlat ETF and NewPalladium ETFs, and revises total silver, platinum and palladium holdings)
March 25 (Reuters) - Holdings of the largest gold-backed exchange-traded-fund (ETF), New York's SPDR Gold Trust GLD , fell 0.2% on Wednesday from Tuesday, while holdings of the largest silver-backed ETF, New York's iShares Silver Trust SLV , fell 0.6% 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
(OZ)
(OZ)
(OZ)
Change (OZ) GOLD
SPDR Gold Trust HLDSPDRGT=XAU
33,534,534.6 Mar 24
33,609,494.0 Mar 23
-74,959.5 -0.22% -4,105,771.3 COMEX Gold Trust HLDCMXGOT=XAU
16,320,008.8 Mar 24
16,322,867.1 Mar 23
-2,858.3 -0.02%
-561,642.8 ETF Securities gold (ex-US) HLDETFXUS=XAU
9,293,742.4 Nov 30
9,293,742.4 Nov 30
--
--
-- ZKB Physical Gold HLDZKBPYG=XAU **
5,466,221.5 Mar 19
5,497,364.1 Mar 12
-31,142.6 -0.57%
-131,568.0 Sprott Physical Gold Trust HLDSPROPY=XAU
2,604,200.0 Mar 24
2,604,200.0 Mar 23
0.0
0.00%
28,980.0 ETFS Physical Swiss Gold HLDETFSCH=XAU
844,902.3 Jan 24
844,902.3 Jan 24
--
--
-- ABSA - NewGold ETF HLDNEWGOT=XAU
634,341.3 Mar 24
636,221.1 Mar 23
-1,879.8 -0.30%
-30,447.45 Total
68,697,950.9
68,808,791.0
-110,840.2 -0.16% -4,800,449.55 SILVER
iShares Silver Trust HLDISHAST=XAG
582,596,984.0 Mar 24 585,846,244.0 Mar 23
-3,249,260.0 -0.55% 23,881,101.6 Sprott Physical Silver HLDSPROPY=XAG
130,234,711.0 Mar 24 129,834,611.0 Mar 23
400,100.0
0.31% 39,126,056.0 ETF Securities silver ex-US HLDETFXUS=XAG
100,389,761.6 Nov 30 100,389,761.6 Nov 30
--
--
-- ZKB Physical Silver HLDZKBPYS=XAG
94,956,516.3 Mar 19
94,989,728.0 Mar 12
-33,211.7 -0.03%
1,512,435.4 ETFS Physical Silver Shares HLDETFSSF=XAG
22,908,298.3 Mar 20
22,908,298.3 Mar 20
--
--
-- Total
931,086,271.2
933,968,642.9
-2,882,371.70 -0.31% 64,519,593.00 PLATINUM
ETFS Physical Platinum (NYSE:PPLT) Shares HLDETFSPY=XPT
738,343.9 Mar 20
738,343.9 Mar 20
--
--
-- ABSA - NewPlat ETF HLDNEWPLT=XPT
572,664.0 Mar 24
572,669.4 Mar 23
-5.4
0.00%
10,216.9 ETF Securities platinum ex-US HLDETFXUS=XPT
617,330.8 Nov 30
617,330.8 Nov 30
--
--
-- ZKB Physical Platinum HLDZKBPYP=XPT
442,230.8 Mar 19
442,230.8 Mar 12
0.0
0.00%
18,976.3 Total
2,370,569.5
2,370,574.9
-5.4
0.00%
29,193.20 PALLADIUM
InvestPalladium ETF HLDSTNDRDB=XPD #
142,113.5 Mar 25
142,113.5 Mar 25
--
--
-- ETFS Physical Palladium (NYSE:PALL) Shares HLDETFSPY=XPD
129,466.6 Mar 20
129,466.6 Mar 20
--
--
-- ETF Securities palladium ex-US HLDETFSPY=XPD
111,915.0 Nov 30
111,915.0 Nov 30
--
--
-- ZKB Physical Palladium HLDZKBPYP=XPD
78,361.8 Mar 19
78,361.8 Mar 12
--
0.00%
352.6 ABSA - NewPalladium ETF HLDNEWPLD=XPD ****
27,471.5 Mar 24
25,526.6 Mar 23
1,944.8
7.62%
8,981.5 Total
489,328.4
487,383.5
1,944.80
0.40%
9,334.1
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.