The Federal Labour Agency released its unemployment figures for Germany on Tuesday. The number of unemployed people in Germany fell by 10,000 in February, in line with expectations, after a 19,000 decrease in January. January's figure was revised down from a 20,000 decline.

The unemployment rate remained unchanged at 6.2% in February, in line with expectations.

The number of unemployed people was 1.83 million in January, according to Destatis.

Destatis said that Germany's adjusted unemployment rate declined to 4.3% in January from 4.4% in December.

The employment rate rose to an adjusted rate of 65.7 in January from 65.4% in December, according to Destatis.