May 12 (Reuters) - Holdings of the largest gold-backed exchange-traded-fund (ETF), New York's SPDR Gold Trust GLD , were unchanged on Tuesday from Monday, while holdings of the largest silver-backed ETF, New York's iShares Silver Trust SLV , fell 0.3% 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 (OZ)
Date
Prev Holdings
Prev
Abs Change (OZ) % chg
YTD Abs Change (OZ)
(OZ)
GOLD
SPDR Gold Trust HLDSPDRGT=XAU
32,959,631.6
May-11
32,959,631.6
May-10
0.0
0.00%
-4,680,674.3 COMEX Gold Trust HLDCMXGOT=XAU
15,944,639.9
May-11
15,947,021.1
May-10
-2,381.2
-0.01%
-937,011.7 ETF Securities gold (ex-US) HLDETFXUS=XAU
9,293,742.4
Nov-30
9,293,742.4
Nov-30
--
--
-300,230.4 ZKB Physical Gold HLDZKBPYG=XAU **
5,473,064.4
May-07
5,473,064.4
May-07
--
--
-124,725.1 Sprott Physical Gold Trust HLDSPROPY=XAU
2,610,963.0
May-11
2,608,990.0
May-10
1,973.0
0.08%
35,743.0 ETFS Physical Swiss Gold HLDETFSCH=XAU
844,902.3
Jan-24
844,902.3
Jan-24
--
--
57,520.6 ABSA - NewGold ETF HLDNEWGOT=XAU
635,027.6
May-11
635,032.8
May-10
-5.2
0.00%
-29,761.1 Total
67,761,971.2
67,762,384.7
-413.4
0.00%
-5,979,139.0 SILVER
iShares Silver Trust HLDISHAST=XAG
563,871,897.9
May-11
565,541,858.7
May-10
-1,669,960.8
-0.30%
5,156,015.5 Sprott Physical Silver HLDSPROPY=XAG
142,308,656.0
May-11
142,107,423.0
May-10
201,233.0
0.14%
51,200,001.0 ETF Securities silver ex-US HLDETFXUS=XAG
100,389,761.6
Nov-30
100,389,761.6
Nov-30
--
--
27,135,104.7 ZKB Physical Silver HLDZKBPYS=XAG
97,215,074.1
May-07
97,215,074.1
May-07
--
--
3,770,993.2 ETFS Physical Silver Shares HLDETFSSF=XAG
22,908,298.3
Mar-20
22908298.3
Mar-20
--
--
-307,868.5 Total
926,693,687.9
928,162,415.7
-1,468,727.8
-0.16%
86,954,245.9 PLATINUM
ETFS Physical Platinum (NYSE:PPLT) Shares HLDETFSPY=XPT
738,343.9
Mar-20
738,343.9
Mar-20
--
--
-10,582.1 ABSA - NewPlat ETF HLDNEWPLT=XPT
589,837.4
May-11
589,842.9
May-10
-5.6
0.00%
27,390.3 ETF Securities platinum ex-US HLDETFXUS=XPT
617,330.8
Nov-30
617,330.8
Nov-30
--
--
32,609.5 ZKB Physical Platinum HLDZKBPYP=XPT
451,732.3
May-07
451,732.3
May-07
--
--
28,477.9 Total
2,397,244.4
2,397,250.0
-5.6
0.00%
77,895.5 PALLADIUM
InvestPalladium ETF HLDSTNDRDB=XPD #
23,928.4
May-11
23,929.1
May-10
-0.7
0.00%
-3,741.1 ETFS Physical Palladium (NYSE:PALL) Shares HLDETFSPY=XPD
129,466.6
Mar-20
129,466.6
Mar-20
--
--
-28,264.8 ETF Securities palladium ex-US HLDETFSPY=XPD
111,915.0
Nov-30
111,915.0
Nov-30
--
--
-959.5 ZKB Physical Palladium HLDZKBPYP=XPD
79,195.2
May-07
79,195.2
May-07
--
--
1,186.0 ABSA - NewPalladium ETF HLDNEWPLD=XPD ****
27,459.0
May-11
27,459.2
May-10
-0.3
0.00%
8,969.0 Total
371,964.2
371,965.1
-0.9
0.00%
-22,810.4 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.