TABLE-Holdings of SPDR Gold rise, iShares Silver drop

Oct 23 (Reuters) - Holdings of the largest gold-backed exchange-traded-fund (ETF), New York's SPDR Gold Trust GLD , rose 0.74% on Tuesday from Monday, while the largest silver-backed ETF, New York's iShares Silver Trust SLV , fell 0.05% 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 28,782,762.0 Oct 22 28,570,288.8 Oct 21 212,473.3 0.74% -720,278.2 COMEX Gold Trust HLDCMXGOT=XAU 12,155,341.3 Oct 22 12,155,341.3 Oct 21 0.0 0.00% -2,274,436.6 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 ** 5,129,502.9 Oct 18 5,129,502.9 Oct 18 -- -- 72,248.9 Sprott Physical Gold Trust HLDSPROPY=XAU 3,268,726.0 Oct 22 3,268,726.0 Oct 21 0.0 0.00% 118,571.0 ETFS Physical Swiss Gold HLDETFSCH=XAU 844,902.3 Jan 06 844,902.3 Jan 06 -- -- 57,520.6 ABSA - NewGold ETF HLDNEWGOT=XAU 565,432.8 Oct 22 565,437.4 Oct 21 -4.6 0.00% 42,601.0 Total 60,040,409.8 59,827,941.1 212,468.6 0.36% -3,004,003.6 SILVER iShares Silver Trust HLDISHAST=XAG 477,861,104.7 Oct 22 478,089,075.7 Oct 21 -227,971.0 -0.05% 10,399,825.9 Sprott Physical Silver HLDSPROPY=XAG 179,811,142.0 Oct 22 179,809,785.0 Oct 21 1,357.0 0.00% 9,281,093.0 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 88,991,741.5 Oct 18 88,991,741.5 Oct 18 -- -- -7,125,596.1 ETFS Physical Silver Shares HLDETFSSF=XAG 6,111,152.0 Mar 20 6,111,152.0 Mar 20 -- -- -17,105,014.8 Total 853,164,901.8 853,391,515.8 -226,614.0 -0.03% 22,585,412.7 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 399,100.7 Oct 22 399,104.5 Oct 21 -3.8 0.00% 46,614.2 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 457,823.4 Oct 18 457,823.4 Oct 18 -- -- -15,626.8 Total 2,212,598.8 2,212,602.5 -3.8 0.00% 53,014.7 PALLADIUM InvestPalladium ETF HLDSTNDRDB=XPD # 2,982.3 Oct 22 2,983.5 Oct 21 -1.2 -0.04% -1,600.9 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 92,143.9 Oct 18 92,143.9 Oct 18 -- -- 26,902.8 ABSA - NewPalladium ETF HLDNEWPLD=XPD **** 7,922.2 Oct 22 7,922.3 Oct 21 -0.1 0.00% -1,982.8 Total 238,389.2 238,390.5 -1.3 0.00% -111,946.0 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)) )) (Bengaluru Commodities desk) (([email protected]; within U.S. +1 651 848 5832; outside U.S. +91 80 6749 1298; Reuters Messaging: rmchat://room/reuters.com/Bangalore-CE-News))