DAX on the up

GERMAN stocks climbed, led by Bayerische Motoren Werke AG after the world’s largest maker of luxury cars forecast record profit this year.

The DAX Index rose 27.6, or 0.5%, to 5898.48.

DAX March futures added 0.4% as of 5:56 local time.

The HDAX Index of the country’s 110 biggest companies rose 0.5%.