shares of avalonbay communities inc avb inched 051 higher to 17971 tuesday on what proved to be an allaround positive trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 129 to 416400 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 078 to 3415669 the stocks rise snapped a twoday losing streak avalonbay communities inc closed 7934 short of its 52week high 25905 which the company achieved on march 29th the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors tuesday as equity residential eqr rose 119 to 6474 udr inc udr rose 276 to 4387 and midamerica apartment communities inc maa rose 041 to 17343 trading volume 652098 remained 168397 below its 50day average volume of 820495 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