shares of ventas inc vtr inched 090 higher to 4353 thursday on what proved to be an allaround favorable trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 099 to 422102 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 047 to 3306157 ventas inc closed 1342 short of its 52week high 5695 which the company achieved on june 3rd the stock outperformed some of its competitors thursday as welltower inc well remained unchanged boston properties inc bxp fell 127 to 4805 and healthpeak properties inc peak rose 090 to 2014 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