shares of simon property group inc spg inched 019 higher to 11961 wednesday on what proved to be an allaround great trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 059 to 402726 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 028 to 3419406 this was the stocks second consecutive day of gains simon property group inc closed 4963 short of its 52week high 16924 which the company reached on november 24th the stock outperformed some of its competitors wednesday as alexandria real estate equities inc are fell 056 to 15182 and vornado realty trust vno fell 012 to 2466 trading volume 11 m remained 984451 below its 50day average volume of 21 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