TABLE-Holdings of SPDR Gold unchanged, iShares Silver drop

March 15 (Reuters) - Holdings of the largest gold-backed exchange-traded-fund (ETF), New York's SPDR Gold Trust GLD , remained unchanged on Thursday from Wednesday, while the largest silver-backed ETF, New York's iShares Silver Trust SLV , fell 0.24 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 2,62,62,908.6 Mar 14 2,62,62,908.6 Mar 13 .0 0.00% -32,40,131.6 COMEX Gold Trust HLDCMXGOT=XAU 1,24,66,056.3 Mar 14 1,24,66,056.3 Mar 13 .0 0.00% -19,63,721.6 ETF Securities gold (ex-US) HLDETFXUS=XAU 92,93,742.4 Nov 30 92,93,742.4 Nov 30 -- -- -3,00,230.4 ZKB Physical Gold HLDZKBPYG=XAU ** 53,61,641.3 Mar 08 53,61,641.3 Mar 08 -- -- 3,04,387.3 Sprott Physical Gold Trust HLDSPROPY=XAU 30,99,101.0 Mar 14 30,99,101.0 Mar 13 .0 0.00% -51,054.0 ETFS Physical Swiss Gold HLDETFSCH=XAU 8,44,902.3 Jan 06 8,44,902.3 Jan 06 -- -- 57,520.6 ABSA - NewGold ETF HLDNEWGOT=XAU 4,41,984.6 Mar 14 4,41,988.2 Mar 13 -3.6 0.00% -80,847.2 Total 5,77,70,336.5 5,77,70,340.1 -3.6 0.00% -52,74,076.9 SILVER iShares Silver Trust HLDISHAST=XAG 41,78,66,725.5 Mar 14 41,88,72,794.3 Mar 13 -10,06,068.8 -0.24% -4,95,94,553.3 Sprott Physical Silver HLDSPROPY=XAG 16,98,26,392.0 Mar 14 16,98,26,392.0 Mar 13 .0 0.00% -7,03,657.0 ETF Securities silver ex-US HLDETFXUS=XAG 10,03,89,761.6 Nov 30 10,03,89,761.6 Nov 30 -- -- 2,71,35,104.7 ZKB Physical Silver HLDZKBPYS=XAG 9,63,39,569.6 Mar 08 9,63,39,569.6 Mar 08 -- -- 2,22,232.0 ETFS Physical Silver Shares HLDETFSSF=XAG 61,11,152.0 Mar 20 61,11,152.0 Mar 20 -- -- -1,71,05,014.8 Total 79,05,33,600.7 79,15,39,669.5 -10,06,068.8 -0.13% -4,00,45,888.4 PLATINUM ETFS Physical Platinum Shares HLDETFSPY=XPT 7,38,343.9 Mar 20 7,38,343.9 Mar 20 -- -- -10,582.1 ABSA - NewPlat ETF HLDNEWPLT=XPT 4,17,199.7 Mar 14 4,17,203.6 Mar 13 -3.9 0.00% 64,713.1 ETF Securities platinum ex-US HLDETFXUS=XPT 6,17,330.8 Nov 30 6,17,330.8 Nov 30 -- -- 32,609.5 ZKB Physical Platinum HLDZKBPYP=XPT 5,08,250.8 Mar 08 5,08,250.8 Mar 08 -- -- 34,800.7 Total 22,81,125.2 22,81,129.1 -3.9 0.00% 1,21,541.2 PALLADIUM InvestPalladium ETF HLDSTNDRDB=XPD # 2,984.2 Mar 14 2,988.0 Mar 13 -3.9 -0.13% -1,599.1 ETFS Physical Palladium Shares HLDETFSPY=XPD 23,425.8 Mar 20 23,425.8 Mar 20 -- -- -1,34,305.6 ETF Securities palladium ex-US 1,11,915.0 Nov 30 1,11,915.0 Nov 30 -- -- -959.5 ZKB Physical Palladium HLDZKBPYP=XPD 77,966.1 Mar 08 77,966.1 Mar 08 -- -- 12,725.0 ABSA - NewPalladium ETF HLDNEWPLD=XPD **** 15,639.5 Mar 14 15,639.6 Mar 13 -.1 0.00% 5,734.4 Total 2,31,930.5 2,31,934.5 -4.0 0.00% -1,18,404.8 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. (Bengaluru Commodities desk ; [email protected])