Yesterday, there were happy faces in Stockholm for the second day in a row. In New York, developments were more mixed, while Asian stock markets moved rather quietly during overnight trading.
Ahead of the opening on Wall Street later this afternoon, futures trading points to rising prices.
The oil price has risen to almost $65 per barrel of North Sea oil (Brent) since yesterday.
The krona has strengthened slightly further, to 9.46 against the dollar and 10.95 against the euro.
