NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of some top health care equipment companies were mixed at the close of trading:
Becton, Dickinson & Co. rose $.72 or .9 percent, to $81.34.
Covidien rose $.27 or .5 percent, to $59.52.
Patterson rose $.02 or .1 percent, to $35.16.
PerkinElmer fell $.05 or .2 percent, to $33.02.
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. fell $.41 or .6 percent, to $65.47.
Varian Medical Systems Inc. fell $.35 or .5 percent, to $74.84.
Waters rose $1.65 or 1.9 percent, to $88.74.
