Midday Glance: Health Care Equipment companies

Baxter rose $1.77 or 2.6 percent, to $69.53.

Becton Dickinson rose $.55 or .6 percent, to $87.93.

Covidien rose $.63 or 1.2 percent, to $54.70.

Millipore rose $1.38 or 1.8 percent, to $76.39.

Patterson rose $.96 or 3.0 percent, to $33.50.

PerkinElmer rose $.63 or 2.2 percent, to $29.04.

Stryker rose $1.31 or 1.9 percent, to $68.50.

Tenet Healthcare rose $.12 or 2.0 percent, to $6.15.

Thermo Fisher rose $.48 or .8 percent, to $61.04.