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BUZZ-Ryanair: testing a record after FY

** Ryanair testing all-time highs after profits surged 66 pct in the year to March

** Passenger numbers grew almost three times the targeted level on improved service and lower fares

** Profit after tax 867 mln euros vs forecast of 866 mln by Reuters poll

** FY2016 PAT guidance of 940-970 mln euros (ahead of Liberum's forecast of 906 mln euros (though broker notes it is slightly light of current consensus at 974 mln euros))

** Stock, up 4.7 pct, top of the Stoxx 600 in volume a third of 90-day daily avg volume after just 20 mins

** Peer easyJet up 1.9 pct on a read-across

(RM (LSE: RM.L - news) : tricia.wright1.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)