India, Feb. 6 -- German stocks are up in positive territory Thursday morning with investors reacting to a slew of earnings updates, and factory orders and construction PMI data, while continuing to assess the U.S. government's trade policies and tariff moves.

The Bank of England's monetary policy announcement is due later in the day.

The benchmark DAX rose to 21,756.67, gaining 204.52 points or 0.94%.

Siemens Healthineers is rising more than 6.5% on strong earnings and encouraging guidance. For the first quarter, net income grew 11% to 478 million euros from last year's 432 million euros. Basic earnings per share were 0.42 euro, up 10% from last year's 0.39 euro. Adjusted basic earnings per share were 0.51 euro, compared to 0.49 euro a y...