Advertising agency WPP is up following encouraging news from French rival Publicis, which reported that advertising demand improved in October.
In a trading update Publicis Groupe's Chief Executive and Chairman, Maurice Levy said: "After the brutal and unexpected decline of advertising spendings in September the Publicis Groupe's organic growth of October revenues is above 7%. This spectacular growth is driven by the US, fast growing markets and digital numbers."
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