shares of essex property trust inc ess dropped 006 to 23130 wednesday on what proved to be an allaround rough trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx falling 016 to 399105 and dow jones industrial average djia falling 026 to 3304509 this was the stocks fourth consecutive day of losses essex property trust inc closed 13206 below its 52week high 36336 which the company reached on april 21st the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors wednesday as avalonbay communities inc avb rose 041 to 17658 equity residential eqr fell 017 to 6428 and udr inc udr rose 052 to 4408 trading volume 334659 remained 216593 below its 50day average volume of 551252 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