Reliance Natural Resources, Ispat Industries, Reliance Petroleum and First Winner Industries are among the other volume toppers.

IFCI surged 2.84% to Rs 43.35 on BSE and the scrip topped volumes on BSE with 1.31 crore shares changing hands in the counter. On 30 June 2008, IFCI Venture Capital Funds, a subsidiary of public sector financial institution IFCI, launched three funds aggregating to about Rs 1,000 crore for auto, knowledge and clean technology projects.

Reliance Natural Resources fell 0.90% to Rs 71.55 on a volume of 1.17 crore shares on BSE. It was the second highest traded counter on BSE.

Ispat Industries gained 1.56% at Rs 22.85 on a volume of 91.07 lakh shares. It was the third highest traded counter on BSE. As per recent reports, the Screening Committee of Coal Ministry has allocated the Behrabandh coking coal block to Ispat Industries on a sharing basis with Essar, Mukund Steel and Ind Synergy. Ispat Industries was allocated 70 million tonnes, from the total 170 million tonne reserves. Coking coal is a major raw material for steel making in addition to iron ore.

Reliance Petroleum rose 0.95% at Rs 171 on a volume of 64.47 lakh shares. It was the fourth highest traded counter on BSE.

First Winner Industries lost 1.42% at Rs 104 on a volume of 57.58 lakh shares. It was the fifth highest traded counter on BSE.

Meanwhile, the BSE Sensex was down 109.24 points, or 0.81%, to 13,851.23