Midday Glance: Health Care Equipment companies

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

Baxter rose $.83 or 1.2 percent, to $67.70.

Becton Dickinson rose $2.06 or 2.4 percent, to $87.10.

Covidien rose $1.12 or 2.1 percent, to $54.08.

Millipore rose $1.27 or 1.7 percent, to $75.07.

Patterson rose $.39 or 1.2 percent, to $31.89.

PerkinElmer rose $.35 or 1.3 percent, to $26.58.

Stryker rose $1.58 or 2.4 percent, to $66.66.

Tenet Healthcare rose $.05 or .8 percent, to $6.36.

Thermo Fisher rose $1.43 or 2.5 percent, to $57.81.

Varian Medical rose $.48 or .8 percent, to $63.32.

Waters rose $.22 or .3 percent, to $64.24.