PARIS, Oct 26 (Reuters) - France's headline unemployment total rose 0.2 percent in September versus the previous month, the economy ministry said on Tuesday, suggesting the job market in the euro zone's No.2 economy remained fragile.
It was the second consecutive monthly rise in the jobless rate after a 0.6 percent increase in August.
Data from the ministry showed that the number of registered jobseekers rose by 4,600 to 2.697 million in September compared with 2.693 million in August.
Year-on-year, the September rise was 3.9 percent.
France's government had previously heralded a stabilisation in the job market after July's rate showed a second straight month of declines.
Tuesday's data is not prepared according to the widely used International Labour Organisation standards and does not include an unemployment rate, but it is politically significant because it is the most reported domestic jobs indicator. (Reporting by Daniel Flynn; Editing by Leigh Thomas)