Midday Glance: Health Care Equipment companies

NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of some top health care equipment companies are mixed at 1 p.m.:

Becton, Dickinson & Co. fell $.12 or .2 percent, to $78.13.

Covidien rose $.22 or .4 percent, to $57.21.

Patterson rose $.26 or .8 percent, to $34.60.

PerkinElmer rose $.08 or .3 percent, to $28.86.

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. rose $.45 or .8 percent, to $59.53.

Varian Medical Systems Inc. rose $.83 or 1.4 percent, to $61.16.

Waters rose $.37 or .4 percent, to $83.79.