April 8 (Reuters) – Holdings of the largest gold-backed exchange-traded-fund (ETF), New York’s SPDR Gold Trust fell 0.03% on Wednesday from Tuesday, while holdings of the largest silver-backed ETF, New York’s iShares Silver Trust remained unchanged 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 (OZ) Date Prev Holdings (OZ) Prev Abs Change (OZ) % chg YTD Abs Change (OZ) GOLD SPDR Gold Trust 33,073,407.6 Apr-07 33,084,810.6 Apr-06 -11,403.0 -0.03% -4,566,898.3 COMEX Gold Trust 16,185,072.9 Apr-07 16,181,738.4 Apr-06 3,334.5 0.02% -696,578.7 ETF Securities gold (ex-US) 9,293,742.4 Nov-30 9,293,742.4 Nov-30 — — -300,230.4 ZKB Physical Gold ** 5,439,013.1 Apr-01 5,442,921.6 Mar-26 -3,908.5 -0.07% -158,776.4 Sprott Physical Gold Trust 2,606,214.0 Apr-07 2,606,214.0 Apr-06 0.0 0.00% 30,994.0 ETFS Physical Swiss Gold 844,902.3 Jan-24 844,902.3 Jan-24 — — 57,520.6 ABSA – NewGold ETF 633,331.0 Apr-07 633,336.2 Apr-06 -5.2 0.00% 9,655.6 Total 68,075,683.3 68,087,665.5 -11,982.2 -0.02% -5,624,313.6 SILVER iShares Silver Trust 574,858,999.9 Apr-07 574,858,999.9 Apr-06 0.0 0.00% 16,143,117.5 Sprott Physical Silver 133,843,149.0 Apr-07 133,543,149.0 Apr-06 300,000.0 0.22% 42,734,494.0 ETF Securities silver ex-US 100,389,761.6 Nov-30 100,389,761.6 Nov-30 — — 27,135,104.7 ZKB Physical Silver 95,169,161.3 Apr-01 95,035,446.4 Mar-26 133,714.9 0.14% 1,725,080.4 ETFS Physical Silver Shares 22,908,298.3 Mar-20 22,908,298.3 Mar-20 — — -307,868.5 Total 927,169,370.1 926,735,655.2 433,714.9 0.05% 87,429,928.1 PLATINUM ETFS Physical Platinum Shares 738,343.9 Mar-20 738,343.9 Mar-20 — — -10,582.1 ABSA – NewPlat ETF 571,619.2 Apr-07 571,624.6 Apr-06 -5.4 0.00% -447,689.4 ETF Securities platinum ex-US 617,330.8 Nov-30 617,330.8 Nov-30 — — 32,609.5 ZKB Physical Platinum 442,230.8 Apr-01 442,230.8 Mar-26 0.0 0.00% 18,976.3 Total 2,369,524.7 2,369,530.1 -5.4 0.00% -406,685.7 PALLADIUM InvestPalladium ETF # 142,113.5 Mar-25 142,113.5 Mar-25 — — -8,079.6 ETFS Physical Palladium Shares 129,466.6 Mar-20 129,466.6 Mar-20 — — -28,264.8 ETF Securities palladium ex-US 111,915.0 Nov-30 111,915.0 Nov-30 — — -959.5 ZKB Physical Palladium 78,361.8 Apr-01 78,361.8 Apr-01 — — 352.6 ABSA – NewPalladium ETF **** 27,467.8 Apr-07 27,468.1 Apr-06 -0.3 0.00% -14,399.7 Total 489,324.7 489,325.0 -0.3 0.00% -51,351.0 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.

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