** Shares of Australia's Seek rise as much as 1.1% to A$25.52
** Stock hits highest since late March after analysts at Macquarie raise PT by 12% to A$28
** SEK on Monday said it had entered an exclusive due diligence to buyout HR and recruitment tech firm Xref for A$45 million ($30.27 million)
** Macquarie says the potential deal is consistent with SEK's strategy and XRef could broader co's platform on this regard
** Brokerage says SEEK's three-year outlook from a yield, margin and soon-to-be volume are all turning more positive, retains "outperform" rating
** XF1 shares were trading flat
** SEK has fallen 5.6% this year as of last close
($1 = 1.4868 Australian dollars)
(Reporting by Rishav Chatterjee in Bengaluru)
((Rishav.Chatterjee@thomsonreuters.com;))
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