Final Glance: Health Care Equipment companies

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

Baxter fell $.82 or 1.2 percent, to $67.09.

Becton Dickinson fell $.45 or .5 percent, to $85.04.

Covidien fell $.10 or .2 percent, to $52.96.

Millipore rose $.86 or 1.2 percent, to $73.80.

Patterson fell $.27 or .8 percent, to $31.50.

PerkinElmer fell $.73 or 2.7 percent, to $26.23.

Stryker fell $.68 or 1.0 percent, to $65.08.

Tenet Healthcare fell $.09 or 1.4 percent, to $6.31.

Thermo Fisher fell $.67 or 1.2 percent, to $56.38.

Varian Medical fell $.47 or .7 percent, to $62.84.

Waters fell $.18 or .3 percent, to $64.02.