US brokerage giant Interactive Brokers adds Bucharest Stock Exchange companies on its platform

23 July 2026 Interactive Brokers, the American brokerage giant with more than 5 million clients, USD 775 billion in assets, and more than 4 million trades processed daily across 170 markets, has added shares listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange to its platform, including Banca Transilvania, OMV Petrom, Romgaz, and Hidroelectrica. Until now, a non-resident investor had to go through the bureaucracy of opening an account with a local broker. As such, few foreign investors placed their funds in Romanian companies. With the Interactive Brokers' addition, investors can buy Romanian shares directly from the same application used to trade Apple or Nvidia. A similar decision was initially taken by NAGA, a broker that started in Romania and was listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange through a rev