Mumbai/IBNS, Jan. 8 -- The Indian stock market witnessed a sharp sell-off on Thursday, with the BSE Sensex plummeting over 700 points and the NSE Nifty 50 sliding more than 200 points, media reports said.

Among the notable laggards in the Nifty 500 were Signature Global, Hindustan Zinc, National Aluminium, NMDC, Hindustan Copper, JSL and GMDC.

At around 1:30 pm, Punjab National Bank shares fell 2.13%, while Apex Frozen Foods plunged 7.56%, intensifying the market slide.

In the morning, shares of Panacea Biotec Ltd. surged around 9 per cent on Thursday after the pharmaceutical and vaccine maker announced the completion of enrollment for the Phase III clinical trial of its dengue vaccine candidate, DengiAll.

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