shares of essex property trust inc ess shed 088 to 21664 wednesday on what proved to be an allaround mixed trading session for the stock market with the dow jones industrial average djia rising 003 to 3374384 and the sp 500 index spx falling 002 to 401622 the stocks fall snapped a twoday winning streak essex property trust inc closed 14672 below its 52week high 36336 which the company achieved on april 21st the stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors wednesday as avalonbay communities inc avb rose 016 to 17336 equity residential eqr fell 073 to 6214 and udr inc udr fell 007 to 4060 trading volume 406439 remained 118394 below its 50day average volume of 524833 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