11.   The exchange is considering other electronic systems to handle retail orders of a few hundred or thousand shares.

12.   The New York exchange also is considering contracts with delivery points in the Pennsylvania-New Jersey-Maryland market, in Ohio, and in Louisiana.

13.   The new floor plan includes a trading pit for aluminum, one of several contracts the exchange is considering adding this year or next.

14.   Though the exchanges considered developing their own pricing information network, the task seemed too formidable, he said.

15.   TOCOM President Mabuchi said last Wednesday that the exchange is also considering listing crude oil, non-ferrous metals and options.

16.   With the Nymex planning to move to a new facility also in lower Manhattan, the coffee and cotton exchanges have been considering new sites.

17.   Among other things, the exchange is considering plans to permit derivatives trading and short-selling.

18.   He said the exchange was considering holding a series of workshops to remind directors to comply with listing regulations.

19.   Initially, the exchanges had considered merging into a single, unified stock market based in one European city.

20.   The exchange is also considering a separate board on which small firms could be listed.