COMEX Warehouse Stocks Dec 14, 2010

SILVER

ZERO ozs withdrawn from the dealer’s (registered) inventory
35,374 ozs deposited in the customer (eligible) inventory
Total dealer inventory 47.75 Mozs
Total customer inventory 58.09 Mozs
Combined Total 105.84 Mozs

GOLD

ZERO ozs withdrawn from the dealers (registered) category
64 ozs withdrawn from the customer (eligible) category
Total dealer inventory 3.10 Mozs
Total customer inventory 8.41 Mozs
Combined Total 11.51 Mozs

In gold there were a paltry 64 ozs withdrawn from the customer inventory. In silver there were a paltry 35 Kozs deposited in the customer inventory. The total inventory remains with a “105” handle.

There were 4 delivery notices issued in the DEC gold contract. The DEC gold delivery notice total for the month is 10,506 notices or 1,050,600 ozs.

There were 28 delivery notices issued in the DEC silver contract. The DEC silver delivery notice total for the month is 1,337 or 6.7 Mozs.

The Open Interest in DEC gold is 815 contracts which along with the issued delivery notices means the total standing for delivery could be 1.06 million ozs which is 34% of the dealer inventory. The Open Interest in DEC silver is 453 contracts which along with the issued delivery notices means the total standing for delivery could be 8.9 Mozs which is 18.7% of the dealer inventory.
Cheers
Adrian