NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of some top health care equipment companies are up at 10 a.m.:
Becton, Dickinson & Co. rose $.74 or .7 percent, to $101.24.
Covidien rose $.16 or .2 percent, to $65.83.
Patterson rose $.03 or .1 percent, to $38.75.
PerkinElmer rose $.24 or .8 percent, to $32.22.
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. rose $.49 or .6 percent, to $85.99.
Varian Medical Systems Inc. rose $.25 or .4 percent, to $69.23.
Waters rose $1.24 or 1.3 percent, to $98.31.
