shares of ventas inc vtr inched 039 higher to 4647 wednesday on what proved to be an allaround dismal trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx falling 061 to 399532 and dow jones industrial average djia falling 042 to 3396635 this was the stocks fifth consecutive day of gains ventas inc closed 1755 short of its 52week high 6402 which the company reached on march 29th the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors wednesday as welltower