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Midday Glance: Health Care Equipment companies
NEW YORK - Shares of some top health care equipment companies are mixed at noon:
Becton Dickinson fell $.62 or .9 percent, to $72.20.
Covidien fell $.24 or .5 percent, to $44.00.
Millipore fell $.19 or .3 percent, to $68.50.
Patterson fell $.26 or 1.0 percent, to $25.99.
PerkinElmer fell $.11 or .6 percent, to $19.49.
Thermo Fisher rose $.10 or .2 percent, to $44.85.
Varian Medical fell $.31 or .7 percent, to $45.00.
Waters rose $.01 or percent, to $60.16.
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