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 rose $.22 or .3 percent, to $70.76.

Covidien rose $.46 or 1.0 percent, to $44.51.

Millipore rose $.54 or .8 percent, to $68.20.

Patterson fell $.02 or .1 percent, to $25.85.

PerkinElmer rose $.24 or 1.3 percent, to $19.18.

Thermo Fisher rose $.23 or .5 percent, to $45.11.

Varian Medical rose $.67 or 1.5 percent, to $44.16.

Waters rose $.71 or 1.2 percent, to $59.94.