Britain's leading shares climbed 0.2 percent early on Friday ahead of U.S. jobs data, as British Energy topped the leaderboard on a report of a possible bid from France's EDF, Reuters reported. At 0750 GMT, the FTSE 100 edged 12.7 points higher to 5,904.0. U.S. non-farm payrolls numbers for March are due at 1230 GMT, and investors hope for clues on the health of the world's largest economy and the outlook for interest rates. Economists in a Reuters survey forecast a loss of 60,000 jobs in the United States in March, compared with a loss of 63,000 in February. The FTSE 100 has risen 3.7 percent this week but is still down 8.6 percent for the year to date.
