shares of essex property trust inc ess sank 075 to 26598 friday on what proved to be an allaround dismal trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx falling 107 to 392426 and dow jones industrial average djia falling 107 to 3131844 essex property trust inc closed 9738 short of its 52week high 36336 which the company achieved on april 21st the stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors friday as equity residential eqr fell 054 to 7380 avalonbay communities inc avb fell 071 to 20251 and udr inc udr fell 046 to 4532 trading volume 276732 remained 127416 below its 50day average volume of 404148 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