COMEX Warehouse Stocks Apr 26, 2011

SILVER

ZERO ozs withdrawn from the dealer’s (registered) inventory
4,965 ozs withdrawn from the customer (eligible) inventory
Total dealer inventory 35.72 Mozs
Total customer inventory 66.03 Mozs
Combined Total 101.75 Mozs

GOLD

96 ozs deposited in the dealers (registered) category
129 ozs withdrawn from the customer (eligible) category
Total dealer inventory 1.98 Mozs
Total customer inventory 9.05 Mozs
Combined Total 11.03 Mozs

There were paltry movements of gold. In silver just 5 kozs were apparently withdrawn from the customer inventory. There are 41,008 contracts still open for MAY with first notice day on Friday!

There were 197 delivery notices issued in the APR gold contract. The APR gold delivery notice total for the month is 3,693 notices or 369,300 ozs.

There were 47 delivery notices issued in the APR silver contract. The APR silver delivery notice total for the month is 231 or 1.15 Mozs.

The OI in APR silver stands at only 79 contracts (an INCREASE of 13) while in gold it stands at 596 contracts. The potential gold delivery for the month is 428,900 ozs or 22% of the registered inventory.
Cheers
Adrian