Microsoft lifts Dow, S&P to records, before oil limits gains

By Tanya Agrawal and Anya George Tharakan
(Reuters) – The Dow and the S&P 500 were little changed on Wednesday, easing after hitting fresh intraday records, as the boost to tech stocks from Microsoft’s results was curbed by a drop in energy stock as oil prices fell.
Microsoft <MSFT.O> was up 4.9 percent at $55.72, making it the biggest boost to the three major indexes, after its results handily beat expectations.
The technology index <.SPLRCT> rose 1.05 percent, leadi