Banking shares up 25%

Only three times so far have their share prices fallen more than 10% in a year. BRE dropped by 14.8% in 1997 and 25.4% in 2002, whereas BZ WBK (then WBK) fell by 25.4% in 1995. Only twice have share prices risen more than 100% in a year - in 1996 BRE rose by 280.4% and BZ WBK by 134.7%.(Poland A.M.)