French stocks exhibited a varied performance on Friday morning, as investors adopted a cautious stance following a setback in U.S.-Iran negotiations. This development came after the cancellation of talks in Switzerland, triggered by renewed hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah.

The benchmark CAC 40 increased by 12.76 points, reflecting a rise of 0.15%, reaching a level of 8,480.74 just before noon.

• Renault experienced a rally of 3.3%. Sanofi experienced an increase of approximately 2%, while TotalEnergies saw a rise of 1.75%.
• Stellantis and Thales experienced an increase of approximately 1.25%.
• LVMH, Publicis Groupe, Credit Agricole, Dassault Systemes, Safran, and AXA recorded slight increases.
• Unibail Rodamco, L’Oreal, and Kering experienced declines of 1.5%, 1.4%, and 1.3%, respectively.
• Legrand experienced a decline of 0.8%, whereas Vinci, Danone, EssilorLuxottica, Saint-Gobain, and Hermes International saw reductions ranging from 0.4% to 0.9%.