shares of host hotels  resorts inc hst inched 053 higher to 1708 wednesday on what proved to be an allaround grim 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 second consecutive day of gains host hotels  resorts inc closed 455 below its 52week high 2163 which the company achieved on may 5th the stock outperformed some of its competitors wednesday as ryman hospitality properties inc rhp rose 028 to 8866 apple hospitality reit inc aple fell 036 to 1661 and pebblebrook hotel trust peb fell 089 to 1451 trading volume 70 m remained 312465 below its 50day average volume of 73 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