Midday Glance: Health Care Equipment companies
NEW YORK --Shares of some top health care equipment companies are mixed at noon:
Baxter rose $.63 or .9 percent, to $69.61.
Becton Dickinson rose $.79 or .9 percent, to $87.86.
Covidien fell $.23 or .4 percent, to $53.50.
Millipore fell $.10 or .1 percent, to $74.69.
Patterson fell $1.07 or 3.2 percent, to $31.88.
PerkinElmer fell $.31 or 1.1 percent, to $28.42.
Stryker rose $.16 or .2 percent, to $67.00.
Tenet Healthcare fell $.01 or .2 percent, to $6.09.
Thermo Fisher rose $.01 or percent, to $59.95.
Varian Medical fell $.06 or .1 percent, to $63.84.
Waters fell $.64 or .9 percent, to $68.05. 