TABLE-Holdings of SPDR Gold rise, iShares Silver drop

March 20 (Reuters) - Holdings of the largest gold-backed exchange-traded-fund (ETF), New York's SPDR Gold Trust GLD , rose 0.48 percent on Tuesday from Monday, while the largest silver-backed ETF, New York's iShares Silver Trust SLV , fell 0.22 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 2,69,21,572.6 Mar 19 2,67,91,945.5 Mar 18 1,29,627.0 0.48% -25,81,467.7 COMEX Gold Trust HLDCMXGOT=XAU 1,24,66,056.3 Mar 19 1,24,66,056.3 Mar 18 .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 ** 53,40,218.1 Mar 15 53,40,218.1 Mar 15 -- -- 2,82,964.1 Sprott Physical Gold Trust HLDSPROPY=XAU 30,99,101.0 Mar 19 30,99,101.0 Mar 18 .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 4,41,966.5 Mar 19 4,41,970.1 Mar 18 -3.6 0.00% -80,865.3 Total 5,84,07,559.1 5,82,77,935.7 1,29,623.4 0.22% -46,36,854.2 SILVER iShares Silver Trust HLDISHAST=XAG 42,63,26,694.8 Mar 19 42,72,86,976.5 Mar 18 -9,60,281.7 -0.22% -4,11,34,584.0 Sprott Physical Silver HLDSPROPY=XAG 16,98,26,392.0 Mar 19 16,98,26,392.0 Mar 18 .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 9,51,42,886.7 Mar 15 9,51,42,886.7 Mar 15 -- -- -9,74,450.9 ETFS Physical Silver Shares HLDETFSSF=XAG 61,11,152.0 Mar 20 61,11,152.0 Mar 20 -- -- -1,71,05,014.8 Total 79,77,96,887.1 79,87,57,168.8 -9,60,281.7 -0.12% -3,27,82,602.1 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 4,13,344.0 Mar 19 4,13,347.9 Mar 18 -3.9 0.00% 60,857.4 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 5,06,479.3 Mar 15 5,06,479.3 Mar 15 -- -- 33,029.2 Total 22,75,498.0 22,75,501.9 -3.9 0.00% 1,15,914.0 PALLADIUM InvestPalladium ETF HLDSTNDRDB=XPD # 2,980.3 Mar 19 2,978.5 Mar 18 1.8 0.06% -1,602.9 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 15 77,966.1 Mar 15 -- -- 12,725.0 ABSA - NewPalladium ETF HLDNEWPLD=XPD **** 15,638.7 Mar 19 15,638.9 Mar 18 -.1 0.00% 5,733.7 Total 2,31,925.9 2,31,924.3 1.6 0.00% -1,18,409.4 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. (Bengaluru Commodities desk ; [email protected])