/ Source: The Associated Press
Shares of some top health care equipment companies are down at 1 p.m.:
Becton Dickinson fell $1.00 or 1.3 percent, to $77.27.
Covidien fell $.66 or 1.5 percent, to $44.02.
Patterson fell $.42 or 1.5 percent, to $28.49.
PerkinElmer fell $.33 or 1.4 percent, to $23.74.
Thermo Fisher fell $.76 or 1.4 percent, to $51.82.
Varian Medical fell $.79 or 1.2 percent, to $63.87.
Waters fell $1.27 or 1.6 percent, to $76.15.