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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 $.95 or 1.3 percent, to $69.75.
Covidien fell $.83 or 2.3 percent, to $36.03.
Millipore fell $1.53 or 2.2 percent, to $68.47.
Patterson fell $.33 or 1.5 percent, to $21.66.
PerkinElmer fell $.58 or 3.3 percent, to $16.95.
Thermo Fisher fell $.63 or 1.6 percent, to $39.76.
Varian Medical rose $1.00 or 3.0 percent, to $33.96.
Waters fell $2.06 or 4.0 percent, to $49.24.
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