NEW YORK
Shares of some top health care equipment companies are mixed at 10 a.m.:
Becton Dickinson rose $.15 or .2 percent, to $72.02.
Covidien fell $.13 or .3 percent, to $44.46.
Millipore rose $.39 or .6 percent, to $69.45.
Patterson rose $.01 or percent, to $26.31.
PerkinElmer fell $.10 or .5 percent, to $19.50.
Thermo Fisher rose $.08 or .2 percent, to $45.20.
Varian Medical rose $.29 or .6 percent, to $45.28.
Waters fell $.34 or .6 percent, to $60.32.