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 $.60 or .8 percent, to $72.22.

Covidien fell $.08 or .2 percent, to $44.16.

Millipore fell $.24 or .3 percent, to $68.45.

Patterson rose $.10 or .4 percent, to $26.35.

PerkinElmer rose $.01 or percent, to $19.61.

Thermo Fisher rose $.21 or .5 percent, to $44.96.

Varian Medical rose $.13 or .3 percent, to $45.44.

Waters rose $.65 or 1.1 percent, to $60.80.