shares of midamerica apartment communities inc maa inched 027 higher to 14357 tuesday on what proved to be an allaround rough trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx falling 016 to 397127 and dow jones industrial average djia falling 012 to 3239425 midamerica apartment communities inc closed 7407 below its 52week high 21764 which the company reached on april 6th the stock outperformed some of its competitors tuesday as avalonbay communities inc avb fell 081 to 15732