shares of avalonbay communities inc avb advanced 254 to 18641 wednesday on what proved to be an allaround great trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 197 to 371904 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 188 to 2968374 the stocks rise snapped a twoday losing streak avalonbay communities inc closed 7264 short of its 52week high 25905 which the company reached on march 29th the stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors wednesday as equity residential eqr rose 262 to 6738 udr inc udr rose 284 to 4170 and essex property trust inc ess rose 266 to 24470 trading volume 703843 eclipsed its 50day average volume of 655178 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