Final Glance: Health Care Equipment companies

NEW YORK - Shares of some top health care equipment companies were up at the close of trading:

Becton Dickinson rose $1.22 or 2.0 percent, to $63.25.

Covidien rose $.02 or .1 percent, to $34.17.

Millipore rose $1.32 or 2.7 percent, to $50.33.

Patterson rose $.91 or 5.0 percent, to $19.07.

PerkinElmer rose $.03 or .2 percent, to $16.59.

Thermo Fisher rose $.64 or 2.0 percent, to $33.45.

Varian Medical rose $.57 or 1.5 percent, to $37.69.

Waters rose $1.22 or 3.1 percent, to $40.44.

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