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iShares Silver Trust Holdings Decrease 8 Metric Tons

By Stephen Rose - 2011-05-03T11:46:36Z

Silver holdings in the iShares Silver Trust (SLV), the biggest exchange-traded fund backed by silver, decreased 7.59 metric tons to 11,013.75 metric tons as of May 2, according to figures on the company’s website.

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                    May 2   April 29   April 28   April 27   April 26   April 25
                     2011       2011       2011       2011       2011       2011
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Million Ounces    354.100    354.344    355.369    355.369    361.760    366.199
 Daily change    -243,921 -1,024,481          0 -6,390,835 -4,439,517  7,708,583
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Metric tons     11,013.75  11,021.34  11,053.20  11,053.20  11,251.98  11,390.06
 Daily change       -7.59     -31.86       0.00    -198.78    -138.08     239.76
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NOTE: Ounces are troy ounces.

SOURCE: iShares Silver Trust

To contact the reporter on this story: Stephen Rose in Washington at srose31@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Alex Tanzi at atanzi@bloomberg.net