shares of avalonbay communities inc avb rose 109 to 17021 tuesday on what proved to be an allaround favorable trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 168 to 392056 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 106 to 3215540 this was the stocks second consecutive day of gains avalonbay communities inc closed 8884 short of its 52week high 25905 which the company reached on march 29th the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors