TABLE- Holdings of SPDR Gold unchanged, iShares Silver drop

May 31 (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 0.88 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 26,756,476.9 May 30 26,756,476.9 May 29 0.0 0.00% -2,746,563.4 COMEX Gold Trust HLDCMXGOT=XAU 12,238,821.0 May 30 12,245,437.8 May 29 -6,616.8 -0.05% -2,190,956.9 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 ** 5,133,493.9 May 24 5,133,493.9 May 24 -- -- 76,240.0 Sprott Physical Gold Trust HLDSPROPY=XAU 3,121,635.0 May 30 3,121,635.0 May 29 0.0 0.00% -28,520.0 ETFS Physical Swiss Gold HLDETFSCH=XAU 844,902.3 Jan 06 844,902.3 Jan 06 -- -- 57,520.6 ABSA - NewGold ETF HLDNEWGOT=XAU 453,774.3 May 30 453,781.8 May 28 -7.4 0.00% -69,057.4 Total 57,842,845.8 57,849,470.1 -6,624.3 -0.01% -5,201,567.5 SILVER iShares Silver Trust HLDISHAST=XAG 413,775,748.9 May 30 417,430,492.9 May 29 -3,654,744.0 -0.88% -53,685,529.9 Sprott Physical Silver HLDSPROPY=XAG 170,528,288.0 May 30 170,528,288.0 May 29 0.0 0.00% -1,761.0 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 89,899,517.9 May 24 89,899,517.9 May 24 -- -- -6,217,819.8 ETFS Physical Silver Shares HLDETFSSF=XAG 6,111,152.0 Mar 20 6,111,152.0 Mar 20 -- -- -17,105,014.8 Total 780,704,468.4 784,359,212.4 -3,654,744.0 -0.47% -49,875,020.7 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 396,771.5 May 30 396,779.0 May 28 -7.5 0.00% 44,284.9 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 473,013.9 May 24 473,013.9 May 24 -- -- -436.2 Total 2,225,460.1 2,225,467.6 -7.5 0.00% 65,876.1 PALLADIUM InvestPalladium ETF HLDSTNDRDB=XPD # 18,831.1 May 30 18,833.9 May 28 -2.9 -0.02% 14,247.9 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 80,613.7 May 24 80,613.7 May 24 -- -- 15,372.6 ABSA - NewPalladium ETF HLDNEWPLD=XPD **** 14,666.2 May 30 14,666.5 May 28 -0.3 0.00% 4,761.2 Total 249,451.8 249,454.9 -3.1 0.00% -100,883.5 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])