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 <.DJI> was up 250.25 points, or 2.79 percent, at 9,229.51. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.SPX> was up 33.88 points, or 3.58 percent, at 980.31. The Nasdaq Composite Index <.IXIC> was up 58.22 points, or 3.39 percent, at 1,775.93.
(Reporting by Kristina Cooke; Editing by Kenneth Barry)
