Why did the National Storage (ASX:NSR) share price rise 3% today?

The National Storage REIT (ASX: NSR) share price was a top S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) performer today. National Storage shares are up a healthy 3% today to $2.07 a share at the time of writing. That compares pretty favourably against the ASX 200, which only managed to eke out an o.o4% gain for the day.

So what’s going on here?

About the National Storage share price

This ASX real estate investment trust (REIT) has had an interesting few months. The National Storage share price is up a solid ~8% in 2021 so far, and a little more than 23% over the past 12 months.

It was briefly the talk of the ASX town last year when it received competing…