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BUZZ-Monitise: contract wins lift shares

** British mobile-banking software maker Monitise jump 6 pct as co, which is up for sale, wins 2 multi-yr contracts with multi-mln dollar aggregate value

** Co, which has mkt value of about 534 mln pounds ($820 million), said last week it was in constructive talks regarding a sale

** Monitise (LSE: MONI.L - news) has tie-ups with IBM (Swiss: IBM.SW - news) & MasterCard - cited by some analysts as possible suitors

** Out of 7 analysts covering the stock, only 1 has a "sell" rating, according to Thomson Reuters Eikon data (aashika.jain.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)