Nov 22 (Reuters) - Holdings of the largest gold-backed exchange-traded-fund $(ETF.AU)$, New York's SPDR Gold Trust , remained unchanged on Thursday from Tuesday, while the largest silver-backed ETF, New York's iShares Silver Trust , rose 0.35 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 2,80,52,231.6 Jan 02 2,80,52,231.6 Dec 31 0.0 0.00% -14,50,808.7

COMEX Gold Trust 1,26,25,208.3 Jan 02 1,26,25,208.3 Dec 31 0.0 0.00% -18,04,569.6

ETF Securities gold (ex-US) 9,293,742.4 Nov 30 92,93,742.4 Nov 30 -- -- -3,00,230.4

ZKB Physical Gold ** 4,960,044.0 Dec 27 49,60,044.0 Dec 27 -- -- -97,209.9

Sprott Physical Gold Trust 32,77,693.0 Jan 02 32,77,693.0 Dec 31 0.0 0.00% 1,27,538.0

ETFS Physical Swiss Gold 844,902.3 Jan 06 8,44,902.3 Jan 06 -- -- 57,520.6

ABSA - NewGold ETF 5,66,025.9 Jan 02 5,66,035.2 Dec 31 -9.3 0.00% 43,194.1

Total 5,96,19,847.4 5,96,19,856.7 -9.3 0.00% -34,24,565.9

SILVER

iShares Silver Trust 46,38,37,931.5 Jan 02 46,21,98,210.7 Dec 31 16,39,720.8 0.35% -36,23,347.3

Sprott Physical Silver 18,06,13,426.0 Jan 02 18,06,13,426.0 Dec 31 0.0 0.00% 1,00,83,377.0

ETF Securities silver ex-US 100,389,761.6 Nov 30 100,389,761.6 Nov 30 -- -- 27,135,104.7

ZKB Physical Silver 86,597,604.0 Dec 27 8,65,97,604.0 Dec 27 -- -- -9,519,733.6

ETFS Physical Silver Shares 6,111,152.0 Mar 20 6,111,152.0 Mar 20 -- -- -17,105,014.8

Total 83,75,49,875.1 83,59,10,154.3 16,39,720.8 0.20% 69,70,386.0

PLATINUM

ETFS Physical Platinum Shares 738,343.9 Mar 20 738,343.9 Mar 20 -- -- -10,582.1

ABSA - NewPlat ETF  3,98,829.9 Jan 02 3,98,837.5 Dec 31 -7.5 0.00% 46,343.4

ETF Securities platinum ex-US 617,330.8 Nov 30 617,330.8 Nov 30 -- -- 32,609.5

ZKB Physical Platinum 4,41,267.3 Dec 27 441,855.7 Dec 20 -588.4 -0.13% -32,182.9

Total 21,95,772.0 21,96,367.9 -595.9 -0.03% 36,187.9

PALLADIUM

InvestPalladium ETF # 2,995.3 Jan 02 2,995.1 Dec 31 0.2 0.01% -1,587.9

ETFS Physical Palladium Shares 23,425.8 Mar 20 23,425.8 Mar 20 -- -- -1,34,305.6

ETF Securities palladium ex-US 111,915.0 Nov 30 111,915.0 Nov 30 -- -- -959.5

ZKB Physical Palladium 99,978.7 Dec 27 99,978.7 Dec 20 0.0 0.00% 34,737.6

ABSA - NewPalladium ETF **** 7,916.8 Jan 02 7,917.0 Dec 31 -0.1 0.00% -1,988.2

Total 2,46,231.7 2,46,231.6 0.1 0.00% -1,04,103.6

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. ((((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)) ))

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