Midday Glance: Health Care Equipment Companies

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

Becton Dickinson rose $.43 or .6 percent, to $73.15.

Covidien fell $.45 or 1.0 percent, to $43.93.

Millipore fell $.09 or .1 percent, to $68.32.

Patterson rose $.37 or 1.4 percent, to $26.34.

PerkinElmer rose $.29 or 1.5 percent, to $19.72.

Thermo Fisher rose $.65 or 1.5 percent, to $45.25.

Varian Medical rose $1.08 or 2.4 percent, to $46.30.

Waters rose $.39 or .6 percent, to $61.11.