NEW YORK (AP) - Shares of some top health care equipment companies were up at the close of trading:
Becton Dickinson rose $1.10 or 1.6 percent, to $71.64.
Covidien rose $.80 or 1.8 percent, to $44.85.
Millipore rose $1.04 or 1.5 percent, to $68.70.
Patterson rose $.25 or 1.0 percent, to $26.12.
PerkinElmer rose $.47 or 2.5 percent, to $19.41.
Thermo Fisher rose $.51 or 1.1 percent, to $45.39.
Varian Medical rose $1.11 or 2.6 percent, to $44.60.
Waters rose $1.87 or 3.2 percent, to $61.10.






















