STOCK WATCH

DATA business D4T4 Solutions has bagged big-name contracts, causing its share price to rocket.

The company helps firms collect and analyse data on consumer behaviour. It announced a contract with a ‘global US-headquartered financial institution’ to help it move its data onto a new system. It has also won a contract for its data collection software with a US financial institution and an online retailer in Taiwan. Shares shot up 12.8pc, or 19p, to 168p.