Published on 24 Nov 2021 on Market Watch
Shares of Welltower Inc. rose 1.50% to $87.07 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.23% to 4,701.46 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.03% to 35,804.38. This was the stock's second consecutive day of gains. Welltower Inc. closed $2.73 short of its 52-week high ($89.80), which the company reached on July 16th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Wednesday, as Ventas Inc. rose 0.57% to $51.33, Healthpeak Properties Inc. rose 1.37% to $34.69, and Healthcare Trust of America Inc. rose 0.76% to $34.65. Trading volume (1.5 M) remained 336,326 below its 50-day average volume of 1.8 M.