shares of ventas inc vtr inched 076 higher to 4888 monday on what proved to be an allaround great trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 007 to 404842 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 012 to 3343144 this was the stocks third consecutive day of gains ventas inc closed 1514 short of its 52week high 6402 which the company reached on march 29th the stock outperformed some of its competitors monday as welltower inc well fell 016 to 7519 boston properties inc bxp rose 075 to 6615 and healthpeak properties inc peak fell 037 to 2419 trading volume 16 m remained 329664 below its 50day average volume of 19 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