Final Glance: Health Care Equipment companies

NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of some top health care equipment companies were up at the close of trading:

Becton, Dickinson & Co. rose $.59 or .8 percent, to $78.25.

Covidien rose $.20 or .4 percent, to $56.99.

Patterson rose $.16 or .5 percent, to $34.34.

PerkinElmer rose $.33 or 1.2 percent, to $28.78.

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. rose $.03 or .1 percent, to $59.08.

Varian Medical Systems Inc. rose $.40 or .7 percent, to $60.33.

Waters rose $.20 or .2 percent, to $83.42.