SAO PAULO (Reuters) - State-controlled lender Banco do Brasil reported on Wednesday 8.2% year-on-year growth in its second-quarter adjusted net profit.

The bank posted adjusted net profit of 9.50 billion reais ($1.69 billion) for the period, slightly above the 9.24 billion profit estimated by analysts polled by LSEG.

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Banco do Brasil is one of Latin America's largest lenders by total assets.

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The lender's return on equity stood at 21.6%, up from 21.3% a year earlier but just below 21.7% reported in the first quarter.

Its total loan book stood at 1.18 trillion reais, up from 1.14 trillion in the first quarter, while delinquency over 90 days was at 3%, increasing from 2.9% in March.

It also raised its 2024 net interest income growth forecast to between 10% and 13% from 7% to 11%. This year's loan loss provisions guidance was hiked up to 31 billion to 34 billion reais, from 27 billion to 30 billion previously.

($1 = 5.6369 reais)