NEW YORK -Shares of some top health care equipment companies were mixed at the close of trading:
Becton, Dickinson & Co. fell $.30 or .4 percent, to $74.42.
Covidien fell $.14 or .3 percent, to $53.32.
Patterson rose $.59 or 1.8 percent, to $34.04.
PerkinElmer fell $.12 or .5 percent, to $26.40.
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. fell $.53 or 1.0 percent, to $51.68.
Varian Medical Systems Inc. rose $.21 or .3 percent, to $61.36.
Waters fell $.15 or .2 percent, to $82.10.
Final Glance: Health Care Equipment companies
Updated: May 25, 2012 - 18:09PM
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