Midday Glance: Health Care Equipment Companies

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

Becton Dickinson rose $.37 or .5 percent, to $72.57.

Covidien fell $.07 or .2 percent, to $44.13.

Millipore rose $.04 or .1 percent, to $68.14.

Patterson rose $.01 or percent, to $25.89.

PerkinElmer rose $.18 or .9 percent, to $19.52.

Thermo Fisher fell $.01 or percent, to $44.46.

Varian Medical rose $.14 or .3 percent, to $45.17.

Waters rose $1.18 or 2.0 percent, to $60.66.