NEW YORK - Shares of some top health care equipment companies were mixed at the close of trading:
Baxter fell $.02 or percent, to $68.26.
Becton Dickinson fell $.38 or .4 percent, to $87.64.
Covidien rose $.12 or .2 percent, to $54.73.
Millipore fell $.03 or percent, to $74.76.
Patterson rose $.18 or .6 percent, to $32.00.
PerkinElmer fell $.02 or .1 percent, to $28.57.
Stryker fell $.13 or .2 percent, to $67.27.
Tenet Healthcare rose $.08 or 1.4 percent, to $5.99.
Thermo Fisher rose $.47 or .8 percent, to $60.70.
U.S. stocks were mixed on Thursday after retailers reported mostly disappointing sales while other big-name companies announced layoffs and Europ...
China markets opened lower on Tuesday morning as the investors' confidence hit by the signals that global recession are deepening.
The markets have spoken: risk aversion is still the name of the game and that was obvious since the beginning of the week.


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