Mumbai, April 3 -- The BSE Sensex lost further by 217 pts to 28,048.07 in early trade on Friday on heavy selling in finance, bankex, auto and realty stocks despite bounces back in crude oil prices and global stocks.

The Nifty of national stock exchange too slipped by 105.35 pts to 8,148.45.The sectoral indices include finance, auto, bankex and realty kept the market under pressure for second straight session however buying in energy, FMCG, utilities and telecom restricted from further losses broker said.The losers were Kotak bank dipped by 7.39 pc to Rs 1094.07, IndusInd bank by 5.38 pc to Rs 323.90, ICICI bank by 5.12 pc to Rs 295.50, HDFC by 4.55 pc to Rs 1512.35, Hero moto cop by 3.91 pc to Rs 1575 and SBI by 3.03 pc to Rs 180.95.The ...