shares of essex property trust inc ess slipped 072 to 25621 tuesday on what proved to be an allaround dismal trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx falling 038 to 373548 and dow jones industrial average djia falling 050 to 3036483 this was the stocks second consecutive day of losses essex property trust inc closed 10715 below its 52week high 36336 which the company achieved on april 21st the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors tuesday as equity residential eqr fell 079 to 6878 avalonbay communities inc avb fell 084 to 18519 and udr inc udr fell 021 to 4232 trading volume 440859 eclipsed its 50day average volume of 393575 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