shares of boston properties inc bxp rallied 178 to 6975 monday on what proved to be an allaround positive trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 090 to 451844 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 116 to 3547313 this was the stocks fourth consecutive day of gains boston properties inc closed 2106 short of its 52week high 9081 which the company achieved on august 12th the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors monday as w p carey inc wpc rose 122 to 6726 highwoods properties inc hiw rose 158 to 2506 and kilroy realty corp krc rose 382 to 3809 trading volume 16 m remained 211842 below its 50day average volume of 18 m 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