The trade in the new stocks issued as part of the capital raise operation of Balkantourist Elite will kick off on the Bulgarian Stock Exchange (BSE) today.

The value of the issue of the company stood at 10.18 mln leva prior to the capital raise and was increased by 28.93 mln leva to 39.1 mln leva, divided in the same number of shares.

The unused rights issues as part of the capital raise of Holding Varna will be auctioned off on November 18 (Tuesday). The number of the rights stands at 519,773.

The holding company is in the process of hiking capital from 2.1 mln leva to 5.23 mln leva through the issuing of 3.13 mln shares with 22 leva issue value each.

The final day for the subscription of the new shares is set for December 3.

The general shareholders' meetings of Media Systems and Econоmic and Investment Bank are scheduled for Tuesday as well.

The shareholders of the bank will put to vote a proposal for change of the name of the bank, while those of Media Systems will discuss a proposal for changes in the management of the company.

The BG40 index of the most traded stocks on BSE lost 17.76% last week, to 117.41 points, while the SOFIX blue-chip index dropped by 16.32%, to 391.47 points.