Boom leaving brokerages anything but broker

From the data presented by the five biggest brokerage houses - including Pekao, BOS, and BZ WBK - it seems that their client numbers increased by two-and-a-half times last month, in comparison to five months ago. New clients are constantly signing up and old clients are investing more and more. Most new accounts were created in October and November, and there are no signs that this trend is going to slow down in December. The aforementioned top-five companies opened a cumulative 10,000 new accounts in November. It is not surprising, then, that the number of transactions on the stock exchange is also soaring, reaching the record-breaking figure of 1.1 million in October.Indexes are also increasing at a staggering rate. Since the May-June slump on the stock exchange, the WIG20 has increased by 34% and the WIG by 45%.(Rzeczpospolita, December 9-10, p.A1, B1) M.M.