shares of essex property trust inc ess inched 079 higher to 32449 monday on what proved to be an allaround favorable trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 023 to 446873 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 076 to 3486963 the stocks rise snapped a twoday losing streak essex property trust inc closed 1294 below its 52week high 33743 which the company reached on september 2nd the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors monday as equity residential eqr rose 066 to 8195 avalonbay communities inc avb rose 007 to 22371 and udr inc udr rose 112 to 5334 trading volume 235207 remained 49719 below its 50day average volume of 284926 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