Wall Street gains on earnings; Google surges to record high

Via Angela Moon NEW YORK (Reuters) – The S&P 500 index climbed to a brand new excessive firstly of trading Friday and used to be on target for its best possible weekly achieve in more than three months, boosted with the aid of earnings from big firms like Google and Morgan Stanley. Among prime gainers was Google Inc , which surged to a record of $1,000 a share, a day after handing over better-than-expected outcomes. The company is the second in the S&P 500 to exchange at this level, following on the heels of Priceline.com , which was trading Friday at $1,052, up just about 2 percent. Morgan Stanley shares rose 2.7 percent to $29. …