Updates
** Shares of British recruiter PageGroup PAGE.L fall as much as ~3.96% to 313 pence
** Stock among top pct losers on FTSE Midcap index .FTMC
** Jefferies says lack of any signs of improvement in volumes early in year likely to lead to consensus drifting lower
** PageGroup warns of high degree of macro-economic and geopolitical uncertainty across majority of markets, notably in UK, France and Germany
** Shares of fellow recruiter Robert Walters RWA.L fall as much as ~3.24% at 238 pence; co remains uncertain of sustained improvement in hiring markets
** PAGE down ~30.85% and RWA down ~ 41.16% over 12 months
Recruiters https://reut.rs/4bq5CwZ
(Reporting by Judes Joseph and Aby Jose Koilparambil in Bengaluru)
((judes.joseph@thomsonreuters.com;))