DUBAI, 6 October 2005 — The Commercial Bank of Dubai (CBD) posted a nine-month net profit of 364.8 million dirhams ($99.35 million), up 54.7 percent from a year ago, the bank said in a statement on the Dubai bourse website. Earnings per share increased to 7.8 dirhams in the period from 5.8 dirhams, said the statement dated Tuesday.