TASK DEFINITION: Classify the given a piece of financial news into three classes: positive, negative, and neutral. Output must be 'positive', 'negative', or 'neutral'.
PROBLEM: Net sales surged by 30 % to EUR 36 million .

SOLUTION: positive

PROBLEM: The money will be spent '' on strengthening the company 's competitiveness in the sphere of sawmill products and increasing the volume of wood delivered for processing in Russia , '' the release says .

SOLUTION: positive

PROBLEM: Sales for both the Department Store Division and Hobby Hall increased by 7 % , while sales for the clothing store subsidiary Seppala decreased by 4 % .

SOLUTION:
positive