Early Glance: Health Care Equipment Companies

NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of some top health care equipment companies are mixed at 10 a.m.:

Becton Dickinson fell $.36 or .5 percent, to $68.00.

Covidien rose $.47 or 1.1 percent, to $42.59.

Millipore rose $.71 or 1.1 percent, to $67.72.

Patterson rose $.21 or .8 percent, to $25.74.

PerkinElmer rose $.16 or .9 percent, to $18.77.

Thermo Fisher rose $.12 or .3 percent, to $45.12.

Varian Medical rose $2.33 or 5.7 percent, to $43.31.

Waters rose $.15 or .3 percent, to $57.58.