Bouygues nine-month results beat expectations on construction, telecoms performance

PARIS (Reuters) - French conglomerate Bouygues reported better-than-expected nine-month results on Thursday, propelled by the good performance of its construction and telecoms businesses. The family-owned group said revenue grew by 9% over the period from a year earlier to 27.6 billion euros (£23.8 billion), while current operating profit advanced by about 260 million euros to 1.12 billion euros.This beat the median average of analysts' estimates for both indicators, according to consensus..