TABLE-Holdings of SPDR Gold, iShares Silver drop

Aug 26 (Reuters) - Holdings of the largest gold-backed exchange-traded-fund (ETF), New York's SPDR Gold Trust GLD , fell 0.20 percent on Friday from Thursday, while the largest silver-backed ETF, New York's iShares Silver Trust SLV , fell 0.01 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 HLDSPDRGT=XAU 2,75,25,204.5 Aug 23 2,75,80,666.7 Aug 22 -55,462.2 -0.20% -19,77,835.7 COMEX Gold Trust HLDCMXGOT=XAU 1,17,45,552.8 Aug 23 1,17,27,603.1 Aug 22 17,949.6 0.15% -26,84,225.2 ETF Securities gold (ex-US) HLDETFXUS=XAU 9,293,742.4 Nov 30 9,293,742.4 Nov 30 -- -- -3,00,230.4 ZKB Physical Gold HLDZKBPYG=XAU ** 51,55,415.9 Aug 16 51,55,415.9 Aug 16 -- -- 98,162.0 Sprott Physical Gold Trust HLDSPROPY=XAU 32,19,762.0 Aug 23 32,19,762.0 Aug 22 0.0 0.00% 69,607.0 ETFS Physical Swiss Gold HLDETFSCH=XAU 844,902.3 Jan 06 844,902.3 Jan 06 -- -- 57,520.6 ABSA - NewGold ETF HLDNEWGOT=XAU 5,65,710.9 Aug 23 5,65,715.6 Aug 22 -4.6 0.00% 42,879.2 Total 5,83,50,290.8 5,83,87,808.0 -37,517.2 -0.06% -46,94,122.5 SILVER iShares Silver Trust HLDISHAST=XAG 46,58,80,289.0 Aug 23 46,59,25,919.7 Aug 22 -45,630.7 -0.01% -15,80,989.8 Sprott Physical Silver HLDSPROPY=XAG 17,53,05,511.0 Aug 23 17,53,05,168.0 Aug 22 343.0 0.00% 47,75,462.0 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 8,95,09,947.3 Aug 16 8,95,09,947.3 Aug 16 -- -- -66,07,390.3 ETFS Physical Silver Shares HLDETFSSF=XAG 6,111,152.0 Mar 20 6,111,152.0 Mar 20 -- -- -17,105,014.8 Total 83,71,96,660.9 83,72,41,948.6 -45,287.7 -0.01% 66,17,171.8 PLATINUM ETFS Physical Platinum Shares HLDETFSPY=XPT 738,343.9 Mar 20 738,343.9 Mar 20 -- -- -10,582.1 ABSA - NewPlat ETF HLDNEWPLT=XPT 3,98,368.9 Aug 23 3,98,372.7 Aug 22 -3.8 0.00% 45,882.4 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 4,63,213.7 Aug 16 4,63,213.7 Aug 16 -- -- -10,236.4 Total 22,17,257.4 22,17,261.1 -3.8 0.00% 57,673.3 PALLADIUM InvestPalladium ETF HLDSTNDRDB=XPD # 2,998.5 Aug 23 3,002.6 Aug 22 -4.1 -0.14% -1,584.7 ETFS Physical Palladium Shares HLDETFSPY=XPD 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 HLDZKBPYP=XPD 88,824.3 Aug 16 88,824.3 Aug 16 -- -- 23,583.2 ABSA - NewPalladium ETF HLDNEWPLD=XPD **** 10,810.0 Aug 23 10,810.1 Aug 22 -0.1 0.00% 905.0 Total 2,37,973.7 2,37,977.9 -4.2 0.00% -1,12,361.6 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.