By Herbert Lash and Alun John NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) -A gauge of global stocks rose on Monday, with European shares surging to a fresh two-year high, and bond yields eased as markets scaled back ambitious bets at the end of 2023 on rate cuts by the Federal Reserve and other major central banks. Wall Street also edged higher, with the S&P 500 poised to set a new record closing high, at the start of a week packed with big corporate earnings, European inflation data, Federal Reserve and Bank of England meetings and U.S. employment data. Europe’s broad STOXX 600 index briefly touched a fresh tw…