LONDON, July 29 (Xinhua) — The London stock market closed lower on Thursday, with the leading FTSE 100 index down 5.73 points, or 0.11 percent, to 5,313.95 points.

Reed Elsevier topped the climbers, rising 3.8 percent, after its half-year revenues beat expectations.

Partygaming jumped 20 percent after it agreed to a tie-up with Bwin to create the world’s largest online gaming business.