shares of ventas inc vtr rose 157 to 4263 thursday on what proved to be an allaround favorable trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 036 to 410502 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 001 to 3348529 the stocks rise snapped a fourday losing streak ventas inc closed 1944 below its 52week high 6207 which the company reached on april 14th the stock outperformed some of its competitors thursday as welltower inc well rose 140 to 7155 boston properties