By Inti Landauro

PARIS--French lens maker Essilor International (EI.FR) confirmed Friday its full-year sales target after sales over the first nine months of the year rose 10% compared with the same period a year earlier.

Essilor reiterated it expects sales to rise faster than 13% in 2014, excluding the effects of currency swings and mergers and acquisitions. The company had raised the target in August from a forecast of 10%-12% growth.

Over the first nine months of the year, the company said its sales revenue rose 10% to 4.2 billion euros ($5.33 billion).

Essilor added revenue rose 14.4% to EUR1.42 billion. Analysts polled by Factset had expected an average revenue of EUR1.41 billion for the period.

"The appreciation of the U.S. dollar at the end of the period generated a positive impact at the end of the period," Essilor said.

Write to Inti Landauro at inti.landauro@wsj.com

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