Midday Glance: Health Care Equipment companies

Shares of some top health care equipment companies are mixed at noon:

Baxter fell $.96 or 1.4 percent, to $66.95.

Becton Dickinson fell $.25 or .3 percent, to $85.24.

Covidien fell $.42 or .8 percent, to $52.64.

Millipore rose $.31 or .4 percent, to $73.25.

Patterson fell $.31 or 1.0 percent, to $31.46.

PerkinElmer fell $.64 or 2.4 percent, to $26.32.

Stryker fell $.82 or 1.2 percent, to $64.94.

Tenet Healthcare fell $.12 or 1.9 percent, to $6.28.

Thermo Fisher fell $.43 or .8 percent, to $56.62.

Varian Medical fell $.97 or 1.5 percent, to $62.34.

Waters fell $1.28 or 2.0 percent, to $62.92.