shares of welltower inc well inched 085 higher to 8407 tuesday on what proved to be an allaround positive trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 074 to 451963 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 056 to 3545731 welltower inc closed 573 short of its 52week high 8980 which the company achieved on july 16th the stock outperformed some of its competitors tuesday as ventas inc vtr rose 031 to 5590 healthpeak properties inc peak fell 049 to 3444 and healthcare trust of america inc hta rose 021 to 3336 trading volume 12 m remained 627665 below its 50day average volume of 18 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