SAO PAULO, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Brazilian lender Itau Unibanco reported on Monday a 11.9% increase in its third-quarter profit, beating analyst expectations.

Latin America's largest private bank posted recurring net profit of 9.04 billion reais, while analysts polled by LSEG expected 8.95 billion reais.

(Reporting by Peter Frontini; Editing by David Alire Garcia)