Final Glance: Health Care Equipment companies

Shares of some top health care equipment companies were down at the close of trading:

Baxter fell $1.79 or 2.6 percent, to $67.91.

Becton Dickinson fell $1.88 or 2.1 percent, to $85.78.

Covidien fell $2.39 or 4.3 percent, to $53.06.

Millipore fell $2.54 or 3.4 percent, to $72.94.

Patterson fell $1.08 or 3.3 percent, to $31.77.

PerkinElmer fell $.90 or 3.2 percent, to $26.96.

Stryker fell $1.66 or 2.5 percent, to $65.76.

Tenet Healthcare fell $.04 or .6 percent, to $6.40.

Thermo Fisher fell $2.47 or 4.1 percent, to $57.05.

Varian Medical fell $.98 or 1.5 percent, to $63.31.

Waters fell $4.41 or 6.4 percent, to $64.20.