Midday Glance: Health Care Equipment Companies

NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of some top health care equipment companies are mixed at noon:

Becton Dickinson fell $.28 or .4 percent, to $68.23.

Covidien rose $.72 or 1.7 percent, to $43.85.

Millipore rose $1.03 or 1.5 percent, to $69.13.

Patterson rose $.54 or 2.1 percent, to $26.02.

PerkinElmer rose $.42 or 2.3 percent, to $18.90.

Thermo Fisher rose $.86 or 2.0 percent, to $44.92.

Varian Medical rose $.68 or 1.6 percent, to $43.39.

Waters rose $1.61 or 2.8 percent, to $58.89.