Brazil's Petrobras posts 21.5% rise in third-quarter net profit

Brazilian state-run oil firm Petrobras BMFBOVESPA:PETR3 posted on Tuesday a 39.75 billion reais ($7.1 billion) net profit for the third quarter, up 21.5% from a year earlier and compared to 47.02 billion reais expected by analysts in an LSEG poll.Adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciati…