STOCK WATCH

A SUCCESS for Tekcapital, which invests in university-developed technologies to turn them into businesses, has seen shares rocket.

One of its portfolio companies, Salarius, has launched production of its invention Microsalt, a new seasoning product which tastes like salt but contains much less sodium as the particles are tiny.

Salarius has also received its first order for Microsalt from an unnamed US snack producer. Shares shot up by 84.9pc, or 5.62p, to 12.25p.