The mixed showing underscored the tense market mood as investors this week seesawed between hope for an imminent end to the war and fear that it might not come soon. SINGAPORE: Asia shares struggled on Friday (Apr 24), and oil prices resumed their rise, as a shaky ceasefire in the Middle East war and stalled US-Iran peace talks gave investors little to cheer. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0.3 per cent and was set to end the week with a 0.8 per cent gain, while