shares of avalonbay communities inc avb inched 072 higher to 17398 wednesday on what proved to be an allaround dismal trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx falling 061 to 417983 and dow jones industrial average djia falling 041 to 3290827 this was the stocks third consecutive day of gains avalonbay communities inc closed 4644 below its 52week high 22042 which the company achieved on august 17th the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors wednesday as equity residential eqr rose 130 to 6080 udr inc udr rose 120 to 3967 and midamerica apartment communities inc maa fell 004 to 14706 editors note this story was autogenerated by automated insights an automation technology provider using data from dow jones and factset see our market data terms of use