BUZZ-Rotork: best day on record after results relief

** Rotork (LSE: ROR.L - news) rises 15.5 pct after results come in-line with the sharply lower forecast made by the company in 2015

** FY operating profit down 20.3 pct to £125.3 mln , but in-line with September's forecast

** Co's short base also cited as helping - 5 pct shares out on loan, or around a quarter of those available to borrow according to Markit (NasdaqGS: MRKT - news)

** Top riser on Stoxx 600 by a considerable distance

** Best day ever for the stock since listing in the mid-1980s

** Stock still down 30 pct since May 2015 with the co's oil and gas exposure weighing on sentiment

** Sell-side bearish: 1 "buy", 9 "hold", 8 "sell"

** Liberum and N+1 Singer both cite order intake falling 15.4 pct as a concern (Lib says estimates yet to bottom)

(RM (LSE: RM.L - news) : alasdair.pal.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)