May 12 (Reuters) - Brazilian bank BTG Pactual

increased first-quarter net income by 16.6% year on year to 3.37

billion reais ($596.5 million), it reported on Monday.

Total revenue for the period reached 6,84 billion reais, the

lender said in a securities filing, slightly above the 6.819

billion reais mean forecast from analysts polled by LSEG.

($1 = 5.6498 reais)

(Reporting by Aida Pelaez-Fernandez

Editing by David Goodman

)