BUZZ-UK recruiters: lifted by stronger domestic job trends

** London-listed recruiters among top gainers on increasing signs that the post-Brexit vote hiring uncertainty in the UK market may be easing and volumes could return

** Robert Walters (LSE: RWA.L - news) +3% and trades close to its pre-Brexit vote levels as Q1 LFL net fee income +20%, marking fastest quarterly fee rise since Q2 of 2011, particularly boosted by the UK, which accounts for c.1/3rd of group net fee

** Alongside strong domestic outsourcing business, RWA highlights notable increase in London's financial services hiring activity & good performance in legal and regional markets

** Larger rival PageGroup (Frankfurt: 658848 - news) , to report results on Wed, +2.5%, 3rd top FTSE midcap gainer, while Hays (LSE: HAS.L - news) , to report results on Thurs, +1.3%

** Jefferies updates proprietary analysis of job advertisements, showing UK activity seemingly better to date in April, after being a bit subdued in Feb/March

** Brokerage forecasts +4.4% Q1 net fee growth for Page (+3.5% in 2016), +4% Q3 net fee growth for Hays (+3% for Q2)

** Robert Walters shares outperforming both YTD