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 $.40 or .6 percent, to $73.12.

Covidien rose $.07 or .2 percent, to $44.45.

Millipore fell $.07 or .1 percent, to $68.34.

Patterson rose $.30 or 1.2 percent, to $26.27.

PerkinElmer rose $.16 or .8 percent, to $19.59.

Thermo Fisher rose $.44 or 1.0 percent, to $45.04.

Varian Medical rose $.65 or 1.4 percent, to $45.87.

Waters rose $.42 or .7 percent, to $61.14.