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

Becton, Dickinson & Co. fell $.54 or .7 percent, to $78.02.

Covidien fell $.39 or .7 percent, to $56.79.

Patterson fell $.21 or .6 percent, to $33.94.

PerkinElmer fell $.28 or .9 percent, to $31.35.

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. fell $.66 or 1.0 percent, to $63.28.

Varian Medical Systems Inc. fell $1.02 or 1.4 percent, to $69.84.

Waters fell $1.24 or 1.4 percent, to $87.38.