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 $.11 or .1 percent, to $75.54.

Covidien fell $.11 or .2 percent, to $56.29.

Patterson rose $.05 or .1 percent, to $33.54.

PerkinElmer fell $.18 or .6 percent, to $28.39.

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. rose $.19 or .3 percent, to $58.23.

Varian Medical Systems Inc. rose $.06 or .1 percent, to $58.48.

Waters rose $.99 or 1.2 percent, to $80.86.