German stocks performing well

GERMAN stocks, including Infineon Technologies and travel firm TUI advanced. Shares of Altana AG fell.

The benchmark DAX Index climbed 5.04, or 0.1%, to 4371.39 in Frankfurt. DAX March futures climbed 0.1% to 4376.5 as of 4.56pm Irish time.

The HDAX Index of the country's 110 biggest companies advanced 0.1% to 2242.28.