Host Hotels & Resorts Inc.
HST + 2.28%
rose 2.28% to $ 17.30 on Tuesday in what turned out to be an all-round gloomy trading session for the stock market with the S&P 500 index
SPX, -0.32%
Down 0.32% to 3,958.55 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA, -0.31%
Decrease by 0.31% to 33,066.96. Host Hotels & Resorts Inc. closed $ 1.15 below its 52-week high ($ 18.45) the company hit on March 17.

The stock outperformed some of its competitors as the Pebblebrook Hotel Trust on Tuesday
USA + 1.39%
rose 1.39% to $ 24.72, RLJ Lodging Trust
RLJ, + 1.35%
rose 1.35% to $ 15.75 and Diamondrock Hospitality Co.
DRH, + 2.23%
rose 2.23% to $ 10.56. The trading volume (4.2 million) remained 4.1 million below its 50-day average volume of 8.3 million.