The story
In November 2004, the fund was listed (under the name streetTRACKS Gold Shares) on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) by SSGA with World Gold Council sponsorship. Since 13 December 2007 and following a name change on 20 May 2008, SPDR Gold Shares has traded on NYSE Arca (NYSE Arca: GLD). It also trades on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (SEHK: 2840), Singapore Stock Exchange (SGX:GLD 10US$), and Tokyo Stock Exchange (TYO: 1326). In June 2018, State Street started the Gold MiniShares (NYSE Arca: GLDM) Trust with a lower expense ratio of 0.18% and a lower NAV at one-hundredth the price of an ounce of gold.
From Wikipedia’s article on SPDR Gold Shares, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.6