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Stocks rally on Google, energy stocks


    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks surged in volatile trade on Friday after tech bellwether Google Inc posted reassuring results and energy stocks tracked the price of oil higher.

    The S&P 500 briefly rose more than 4 percent. Traders cited bargain-hunting as contributing to the steep rise.

    The Dow Jones industrial average was up 250.25 points, or 2.79 percent, at 9,229.51. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index was up 33.88 points, or 3.58 percent, at 980.31. The Nasdaq Composite Index was up 58.22 points, or 3.39 percent, at 1,775.93.

    (Reporting by Kristina Cooke; Editing by Kenneth Barry)