Asian shares inch ahead as earnings, geopolitics sway sentiment

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian shares pulled ahead on Thursday as corporate earnings and a ceasefire in northern Syria helped prop up sentiment, though the backdrop of trade and brexit uncertainties was enough to prevent a decisive shift towards riskier assets. In early European trades, futures for the pan-region Euro Stoxx 50 were up 0.1% while those for Germany's DAX added 0.25%. London's FTSE futures were mostly flat as were U.S. stock futures .MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares..