COMEX Warehouse Stocks Dec 8, 2010

SILVER

ZERO ozs withdrawn from the dealer’s (registered) inventory
29,519 ozs deposited in the customer (eligible) inventory
Total dealer inventory 49.06 Mozs
Total customer inventory 57.72 Mozs
Combined Total 106.78 Mozs

GOLD

2,900 ozs deposited in the dealers (registered) category
129 ozs withdrawn from the customer (eligible) category
Total dealer inventory 3.10 Mozs
Total customer inventory 8.47 Mozs
Combined Total 11.57 Mozs

In gold there were 3 Kozs deposited in the dealer inventory and 129 ozs withdrawn from the customer inventory. In silver 29 kozs were deposited in the customer inventory.

There were 68 delivery notices issued in the DEC gold contract. The DEC gold delivery notice total for the month is 8,506 notices or 850,600 ozs.

There were 22 delivery notices issued in the DEC silver contract. The DEC silver delivery notice total for the month is 1167 or 5.8 Mozs.

The Open Interest in DEC gold is 2,883 contracts which along with the issued delivery notices means the total standing for delivery could be 1.14 million ozs which is 38.6% of the dealer inventory. The Open Interest in DEC silver is 644 contracts which along with the issued delivery notices means the total standing for delivery could be 9.1 Mozs which is 19.5% of the dealer inventory. Cheers Adrian