FRANKFURT, Oct. 23 (Xinhua) -- German stocks rose on Friday, with the benchmark DAX index up 102.69 points, or 0.82 percent, to close at 12,645.75 points.
Aircraft engine manufacturer MTU Aero won the most among the blue chips, with its shares up 6.71 percent. Pharmaceutical company Merck and multinational chemical firm Linde gained by 3.05 percent and 2.24 percent respectively.
