Cap Gemini and auto maker Peugeot, up 2.9 percent kept France's CAC 40 index around break-even.
They were helped by Internet service provider Wanadoo, a unit of France Telecom, which climbed 2.5 percent on news it was cutting its prices for high-speed Web access to better compete with smaller rivals.
Switzerland's SMI index slipped 0.1 percent to 5,387.6 points and Britain's FTSE rose 0.38 percent to 4,347.6.
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