FACTBOX-Gold, silver exchange-traded funds (ETF) holdings

Oct 26 (Reuters) - Investors in precious metals
exchange-traded funds (ETFs) showed no sign of abandoning their
positions as gold and other precious metals rally to record
highs.

Changes in gold and silver ETF holdings are closely watched
by market participants because sharp inflows in gold ETFs could
be a bullish signal as it shows longer-term retail and
institutional investors are entering the market.

ETFs are listed on the stock exchanges and offer investors
exposure in the underlying commodity -- gold -- without taking
physical delivery. Sponsors of such funds buy a matching amount
of the commodity from the market to keep in bank vaults.

U.S.-based StreetTRACKS gold shares GLD.N is the world's
largest gold ETF accounting for more than 80 percent of the
metal held by all such funds, while iShares silver trust
SLV.A is the top silver fund.

For more details on gold ETFs, click within the brackets
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Following are the most recent gold and silver holdings of
precious metals ETFs as of Friday, Oct 26, compared with the
Friday a week earlier:
(in tonnes unless indicated otherwise)
- StreetTRACKS Gold Shares GLD.NXAUEXT-NYS-TT
Oct 26 Oct 19 Change
597.53 594.45 up 0.5 pct
- iShares COMEX Gold Trust IAU.A
Oct 26 Oct 19 Change
52.31 51.39 up 1.8 pct
- iShares silver trust SLV.A
Oct 26 Oct 19 Change
4,462.77 4,462.77 unchanged
ETF Securities' ETFS Physical Gold (PHAU.L)
Oct 26 Oct 19 Change
500,219 ounces 469,436 ounces up 6.6 pct
(14.18 tonnes) (13.31 tonnes)
ETF Securities' ETFS Physical Silver (PHAG.L)
Oct 26 Oct 19 Change
3,103,012 ounces 2,905,958 ounces up 6.8 pct
(87.97 tonnes) (82.38 tonnes)