Midday Glance: Health Care Equipment companies

NEW YORK - Shares of some top health care equipment companies are mixed at noon:

Becton Dickinson rose $1.05 or 1.7 percent, to $64.30.

Covidien rose $1.54 or 4.5 percent, to $35.71.

Millipore fell $.82 or 1.6 percent, to $49.51.

Patterson fell $.59 or 3.1 percent, to $18.48.

PerkinElmer rose $.10 or .6 percent, to $16.69.

Thermo Fisher rose $.29 or .9 percent, to $33.74.

Varian Medical rose $.46 or 1.2 percent, to $38.15.

Waters fell $.34 or .8 percent, to $40.11.

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