The Sensex at the Bombay Stock Exchange slipped 32 points in its late morning trade, extending initial losses . The fall was attributed to the funds and retail investors' decision to book profits after two sessions of gains. The 30-share index which had fallen by 19 points in its opening session, lowerd further by 32 points and was trading at 17,696.In a similar fashion, the wide-based National Stock Exchange index Nifty was trading 7 points in red at 5,373.