Early Glance: Health Care Equipment companies

NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of some top health care equipment companies are mixed at 10 a.m.:

Becton, Dickinson & Co. fell $.13 or .2 percent, to $75.10.

Covidien rose $.05 or .1 percent, to $55.64.

Patterson fell $.02 or .1 percent, to $34.22.

PerkinElmer fell $.09 or .3 percent, to $30.62.

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. fell $.28 or .5 percent, to $60.41.

Varian Medical Systems Inc. fell $.17 or .2 percent, to $68.67.

Waters rose $.14 or .2 percent, to $83.11.