Sales for the three months to the end of September rose to EUR1.1 billion, compared with EUR1 billion during the same period last year. The group said it was encouraged its third-quarter organic growth had accelerated to 4.6 per cent following a disappointing first half.
Maurice Levy, the Publicis Groupe chairman, said all operations were performing well, with the exception of Publicis Healthcare, which was "penalised by difficulties in the healthcare sector in general".