SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian state-run lender Banco do Brasil expects its adjusted net profit this year to be between 37 billion reais ($6.5 billion) and 41 billion reais ($7.2 billion), it said on Wednesday, while analysts in a LSEG poll estimated 39.2 billion reais.

Banco do Brasil also posted an adjusted net profit for the quarter ended in December of 9.58 billion reais, up 1.5% year-on-year and compared to 9.53 billion reais expected by analysts.

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