Early Glance: Health Care Equipment companies

Shares of some top health care equipment companies are mixed at 10 a.m.:

Baxter fell $.76 or 1.1 percent, to $67.15.

Becton Dickinson fell $.49 or .6 percent, to $85.00.

Covidien fell $.81 or 1.5 percent, to $52.25.

Millipore rose $.09 or .1 percent, to $73.03.

Patterson fell $.37 or 1.2 percent, to $31.40.

PerkinElmer fell $.48 or 1.8 percent, to $26.48.

Stryker fell $1.21 or 1.8 percent, to $64.55.

Tenet Healthcare fell $.03 or .5 percent, to $6.37.

Thermo Fisher fell $.46 or .8 percent, to $56.59.

Varian Medical fell $.79 or 1.2 percent, to $62.52.

Waters fell $.90 or 1.4 percent, to $63.30.