The company said that earnings per share were up 11% to 68 cents, at the upper end of earnings estimates. The news follows yesterday's upbeat trading statement from Aegis Group, owner of Carat, in which the company said it expected full-year results to be "significantly better" than last year, sending its share price soaring by 13%.
Omnicom, which owns the BBDO Worldwide and TBWA\ advertising networks, saw a strong leap in revenue from its US operations, up 19% to $991.5m, compared with $831.1m for the same period last year.
Outside the US, revenue increased 12.6% to $1.8bn for the quarter ending September 30 2002.
Shares in the New York-listed company rose 2.83%, or $1.65, to $60 on the news.
The company's OMD media network has won several big accounts over the quarter, including Siemens' $100m global media account and the $500m Sony Europe account.
However, the year has not been a good one -- Omnicom has seen its share price plunge after a June report in the Wall Street Journal questioned the company's accounting practices. Since then, CEO John Wren has signed off the company's results, according to new SEC rules. However, it still faces a slew of class action lawsuits from investors in its stock.
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