Midday Glance: Health Care Equipment Companies

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

Becton Dickinson rose $.53 or .8 percent, to $71.07.

Covidien rose $.47 or 1.1 percent, to $44.52.

Millipore rose $.76 or 1.1 percent, to $68.42.

Patterson rose $.20 or .8 percent, to $26.07.

PerkinElmer rose $.29 or 1.5 percent, to $19.23.

Thermo Fisher rose $.18 or .4 percent, to $45.06.

Varian Medical rose $1.00 or 2.3 percent, to $44.49.

Waters rose $1.45 or 2.4 percent, to $60.68.