shares of ventas inc vtr rose 139 to 4976 thursday on what proved to be an allaround great trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 034 to 398317 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 064 to 3418997 this was the stocks second consecutive day of gains ventas inc closed 1426 short of its 52week high 6402 which the company achieved on march 29th the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors thursday as welltower inc well rose 038 to 7210 boston properties inc bxp rose 209 to 7122 and healthpeak properties inc peak rose 089 to 2732 trading volume 15 m remained 733454 below its 50day average volume of 23 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