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Information solutions provider Reed Elsevier jumped into pole position after seeing underlying revenues increase 2% in 2011, with all five business areas contributing to growth except the Exhibitions division, which was held back by biennial cycling. Nomura said today that the group's valuation - with the stock trading at 10.8 times earnings - looks "favourable". Meanwhile, the fallers were a lot more crowded with both banks and miners taking a serious hit. Not surprisingly, financials were out of favour after Moody's said it is reviewing the ratings of 114 financial institutions across Europe and 17 global entities as the sovereign debt crisis continues to take its toll.Lloyds, Barclays, HSBC and Royal Bank of Scotland were among the stocks in the red. Investor sentiment may also have been dampened by John Fingleton, who heads up the Office of Fair Trading, saying competition in the banking system has not functioned well for too long and that competition must become more focused on the needs of the customers. Miners were lower as metals prices fell on the back of concerns over the global economy. Evraz, Anglo American, Antofagasta, Polymetal and Rio Tinto were among the worst performers.Essar Energy also took a hit after announcing that its Indian oil subsidiary has today filed a petition in the Supreme Court of India to review the $1.235bn repayment of deferred sales tax. The Indian Supreme Court ruled against the Gujarat High Court last month in letting Essar Oil pay sales tax in deferred instalments.BAE Systems, the defence contractor, was down after seeing headline sales fall by 14% in the 12 months ended December 31st. The group said that "little sales growth" is expected for 2012 in the current market conditions. FTSE 100 - RisersReed Elsevier (REL) 548.50p +2.72%Sainsbury (J) (SBRY) 296.10p +2.07%Capita (CPI) 655.00p +1.63%Imperial Tobacco Group (IMT) 2,482.00p +1.35%Morrison (Wm) Supermarkets (MRW) 295.90p +1.23%Wolseley (WOS) 2,347.00p +1.08%Bunzl (BNZL) 924.00p +1.04%National Grid (NG.) 646.00p +0.94%Unilever (ULVR) 2,073.00p +0.88%Marks & Spencer Group (MKS) 349.00p +0.87%FTSE 100 - FallersEvraz (EVR) 419.40p -3.87%Polymetal International (POLY) 1,071.00p -3.69%Randgold Resources Ltd. (RRS) 6,930.00p -3.14%Anglo American (AAL) 2,617.00p -2.71%IMI (IMI) 911.00p -2.67%Fresnillo (FRES) 1,715.00p -2.67%Antofagasta (ANTO) 1,292.00p -2.64%Essar Energy (ESSR) 122.70p -2.54%Kazakhmys (KAZ) 1,090.00p -2.42%BAE Systems (BA.) 325.00p -2.40%NR