DUBAI, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Dubai real estate developer Nakheel NAKHD.UL reported a 22 percent jump in third-quarter profit on Wednesday.

* Nakheel made a profit of 955 million dirhams ($26.1 million) in the three months to Sept. 30, up from 781 million dirhams a year earlier, according to its statement

* Net profit for the first nine months of 2016 was 3.91 billion dirhams, up from the 3.61 billion dirhams in the corresponding period of last year

* Nakheel said it had settled 4.4 billion dirhams of sukuk held by trade creditors, which had been due on Aug. 25

(Reporting by Hadeel Al Sayegh; Editing by Andrew Torchia) ((Hadeel.AlSayegh@thomsonreuters.com; +971566883310;))

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