NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of some top health care equipment companies were down at the close of trading:
Becton, Dickinson & Co. fell $.99 or 1.0 percent, to $100.02.
Covidien fell $.55 or .8 percent, to $65.25.
Patterson fell $.23 or .6 percent, to $39.00.
PerkinElmer fell $.72 or 2.2 percent, to $31.82.
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. fell $1.07 or 1.2 percent, to $86.28.
Varian Medical Systems Inc. fell $1.45 or 2.1 percent, to $68.43.
Waters fell $1.38 or 1.4 percent, to $96.70.
