NEW YORK (AP) - Shares of some top health care equipment companies were mixed at the close of trading:
Becton Dickinson rose $.95 or 1.3 percent, to $72.82.
Covidien fell $.35 or .8 percent, to $44.24.
Millipore fell $.37 or .5 percent, to $68.69.
Patterson fell $.05 or .2 percent, to $26.25.
PerkinElmer unchanged at $19.60.
Thermo Fisher fell $.37 or .8 percent, to $44.75.
Varian Medical rose $.32 or .7 percent, to $45.31.
Waters fell $.51 or .8 percent, to $60.15.






















