shares of essex property trust inc ess rose 401 to 32859 wednesday on what proved to be an allaround great trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 145 to 458718 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 086 to 3576806 the stocks rise snapped a fourday losing streak essex property trust inc closed 3090 below its 52week high 35949 which the company achieved on january 4th the stock outperformed some of its competitors wednesday as equity residential eqr rose 359 to 9032 avalonbay communities inc avb rose 343 to 24875 and udr inc udr rose 235 to 5701 trading volume 365507 eclipsed its 50day average volume of 336411 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