Early Glance: Health Care Equipment companies

NEW YORK - Shares of some top health care equipment companies are down at 10 a.m.:

Becton Dickinson fell $.96 or 1.5 percent, to $62.29.

Covidien fell $.57 or 1.7 percent, to $33.60.

Millipore fell $1.48 or 2.9 percent, to $48.85.

Patterson fell $.96 or 5.0 percent, to $18.11.

PerkinElmer fell $.67 or 4.0 percent, to $15.92.

Thermo Fisher fell $.87 or 2.6 percent, to $32.59.

Varian Medical fell $.46 or 1.2 percent, to $37.23.

Waters fell $1.10 or 2.7 percent, to $39.34.

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