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<TYPE>EX-99.906CERT
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<DESCRIPTION>EXHIBIT TO SECTION 906 OF SOA
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         CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULE 30A-2(B) UNDER THE 1940 ACT AND
                     SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT

I, Bruce N. Alpert, Principal Executive Officer of The Gabelli Equity Trust Inc.
(the "Registrant"), certify that:

          1.   The Form N-CSR of the Registrant  (the  "Report")  fully complies
               with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities
               Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

          2.   The information  contained in the Report fairly presents,  in all
               material  respects,   the  financial  condition  and  results  of
               operations of the Registrant.


Date:    03/01/2007                 /s/ Bruce N. Alpert
     ----------------               --------------------------------------------
                                    Bruce N. Alpert, Principal Executive Officer



I, Agnes  Mullady,  Principal  Financial  Officer and  Treasurer  of The Gabelli
Equity Trust Inc. (the "Registrant"), certify that:

          1.   The Form N-CSR of the Registrant  (the  "Report")  fully complies
               with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities
               Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

          2.   The information  contained in the Report fairly presents,  in all
               material  respects,   the  financial  condition  and  results  of
               operations of the Registrant.


Date:    03/01/2007                 /s/ Agnes Mullady
     ----------------               --------------------------------------------
                                    Agnes Mullady, Principal Financial Officer
                                    and Treasurer
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