Spain's Caixabank fourth quarter net profit more than doubles, NII pressured
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MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's Caixabank net profit in the fourth quarter more than doubled to 439 million euros (370.51 million pounds) on lower loan loss provisions and fewer charges.Bottom line was above an average of 395 million euros forecast by a Reuters poll.Net interest income -- a measure of earnings on loans minus deposit costs --, fell 0.4% to 1.23 billion euros against the same period a year earlier and 0.9% down from the previous quarter. Analysts had forecast a NII of 1.24 billion..