1.   As a result, it is the big Nasdaq names, many of them involved in technology, that have paced the market.

2.   But the stock no longer paces the market.

3.   Index heavyweights British Petroleum Co. Plc and B.A.T Industries Plc paced the market.

4.   Shares popular with overseas buyers, such as telephone company Telecom Italia SpA and energy company ENI SpA, paced the market.

5.   The market was paced higher by Edison SpA, a power company, and telecommunication stocks.

6.   The market was paced higher by Edison SpA, a power company, and other electricity industry stocks.

7.   Toronto Dominion Bank, Newcourt Credit Group Inc. and BCE Inc. paced the market to its seventh consecutive rise.

8.   Stocks ended a quiet session mixed as a rally in technology stocks, which have paced the market for many sessions, ran out of steam Wednesday.