Resumen
The purpose of this study is to emphasize the main aspects regarding the establishment, development and evolution of the capital market in Romania. This study tries to present the main milestones which marked the evolution of the national capital market from the beginning until now. Even if the first Romanian stock exchange was established in 1881, the modern capital market in Romania is a relatively young, which began to function with the reestablishment of Bucharest Stock Exchange in 1995. The capital market in Romania has a great potential of development. Statistical data presented in this paper, regarding the evolution and the development of the capital market in Romania, emphasizes that this market was and is strongly linked to developments in the real economy.