Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S A : Today’s news

Here are today's top stories:

- The British bank Lloyds earned more than 4.2 billion pounds in 2016, more than doubling its profit from 2015, The Financial Times reports.

- The Independent reports that two Kremlin officials have contradicted U.S. President Donald Trump, maintaining that they were in contact with the President's aides prior to the election.

- El Mundo reports that Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy is reluctant to confirm his meeting with Generalitat President Carles Puigdemont on January 11th.

- Argentine President Mauricio Macri has started his visit to Spain in hopes of convincing the country to be Argentina's top investor once again, El País reports.

- El País reports that the U.K.'s Football Association is investigating whether Sutton's second-string goalie Wayne Shaw, violated betting rules when he ate a pie during a game.