Euro zone employment rose for the second consecutive quarter in the first three months of the year in a sign the recovery was finally helping the labour market and a widening trade surplus signalled a further positive contribution to growth in April. In Portugal, which exited an international bailout in May, employment fell 0.3 percent on the quarter, but jumped 1.8 percent year-on-year. Separately, data showed that net trade made a positive contribution to growth in April as the trade surplus increased to 15.7 billion euros, from 14.0 billion in the same period of 2013.