shares of ventas inc vtr inched 046 higher to 4584 wednesday on what proved to be an allaround favorable trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 119 to 415877 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 124 to 3342077 ventas inc closed 1240 short of its 52week high 5824 which the company achieved on may 26th the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors wednesday as welltower inc well fell 003 to 7751 boston properties inc bxp rose 446 to 4916 and healthpeak properties inc peak rose 064 to 2041 trading volume 16 m remained 698735 below its 50day average volume of 23 m 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