shares of alexandria real estate equities inc are inched 032 higher to 14567 friday on what proved to be an allaround grim trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx falling 025 to 383950 and dow jones industrial average djia falling 022 to 3314725 this was the stocks second consecutive day of gains alexandria real estate equities inc closed 7928 below its 52week high 22495 which the company achieved on december 31st the stock outperformed some of its competitors friday as boston properties inc bxp rose 006 to 6758 healthpeak properties inc peak fell 052 to 2507 and medical properties trust inc mpw fell 080 to 1114 trading volume 687657 remained 87763 below its 50day average volume of 775420 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