Midday Glance: Health Care Equipment Companies

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

Becton Dickinson fell $.62 or .9 percent, to $72.20.

Covidien fell $.24 or .5 percent, to $44.00.

Millipore fell $.19 or .3 percent, to $68.50.

Patterson fell $.26 or 1.0 percent, to $25.99.

PerkinElmer fell $.11 or .6 percent, to $19.49.

Thermo Fisher rose $.10 or .2 percent, to $44.85.

Varian Medical fell $.31 or .7 percent, to $45.00.

Waters rose $.01 or percent, to $60.16.