Classify the given a piece of financial news into three classes: positive, negative, and neutral. Output must be 'positive', 'negative', or 'neutral'.

Example Input: '' The flex is a small price to pay for happy lenders . ''
Example Output: neutral

Example Input: The last quarter was the best quarter of 2009 in net sales , and the operating margin rose to 12.2 % .
Example Output: positive

Example Input: The one dark spot on the horizon , however , was the company 's performance in the Finnish bottled water market .
Example Output:
negative