Sept 16 (Reuters) - Holdings of the largest gold-backed exchange-traded-fund $(ETF.AU)$, New York's SPDR Gold Trust , fell 0.03% on Friday from Thursday, while the largest silver-backed ETF, New York's iShares Silver Trust , rose 0.20% 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 27,987,661.7 Sep 13 27,996,563.5 Sep 12 -8,901.7 -0.03% -1,515,378.5

COMEX Gold Trust 11,848,844.9 Sep 13 11,830,897.9 Sep 12 17,947.1 0.15% -2,580,933.0

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

ZKB Physical Gold ** 51,84,018.5 Sep 06 5,184,018.5 Sep 06 -- -- 1,26,764.6

Sprott Physical Gold Trust 3,238,874.0 Sep 13 3,225,712.0 Sep 12 13,162.0 0.41% 88,719.0

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

ABSA - NewGold ETF 568,396.2 Sep 13 568,400.9 Sep 12 -4.7 0.00% 45,564.5

Total 58,966,440.1 58,944,237.4 22,202.7 0.04% -4,077,973.3

SILVER

iShares Silver Trust 468,606,287.3 Sep 13 467,648,334.5 Sep 12 957,952.8 0.20% 1,145,008.5

Sprott Physical Silver 176,882,821.0 Sep 13 176,482,037.0 Sep 12 400,784.0 0.23% 6,352,772.0

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

ZKB Physical Silver 9,00,48,182.9 Sep 06 90,048,182.9 Sep 06 -- -- -60,69,154.7

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

Total 842,038,204.8 840,679,468.0 1,358,736.8 0.16% 11,458,715.7

PLATINUM

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

ABSA - NewPlat ETF  397,332.7 Sep 13 397,336.4 Sep 12 -3.7 0.00% 44,846.1

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

ZKB Physical Platinum 4,63,020.8 Sep 06 463,020.8 Sep 06 -- -- -10,429.3

Total 2,216,028.2 2,216,032.0 -3.7 0.00% 56,444.2

PALLADIUM

InvestPalladium ETF # 2,991.5 Sep 13 2,994.7 Sep 12 -3.2 -0.11% -1,591.7

ETFS Physical Palladium Shares 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 88,792.2 Sep 06 88,792.2 Sep 06 -- -- 23,551.1

ABSA - NewPalladium ETF **** 8,886.0 Sep 13 8,886.1 Sep 12 -0.1 0.00% -1,019.0

Total 236,010.5 236,013.8 -3.3 0.00% -114,324.8

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.