SEOUL (Reuters) - Shares of South Korea's LG Electronics Inc (>> LG Electronics Inc.) surged in morning trade on Wednesday, rising as much as 14.5 percent at one point on market speculation that Google Inc (>> Google Inc) will acquire a stake in the consumer electronics maker.

LG Electronics spokesman Ken Hong said the market talk was "complete speculation" and that the company does not comment on rumours.

The company's shares were trading 6 percent higher as of 0254 GMT (0354 BST), compared with a 1 percent decline for the broader market <.KS11>.

(Reporting by Se Young Lee; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman)

Stocks treated in this article : Google Inc, LG Electronics Inc.