instruction:
Classify the given a piece of financial news into three classes: positive, negative, and neutral. Output must be 'positive', 'negative', or 'neutral'.
question:
Finnish shipping company Finnlines , of the Grimaldi Group , reports its net sales decreased to EUR 241.8 mn in January-June 2009 from EUR 384.0 mn in the corresponding period in 2008 .
answer:
negative

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Also Chile is an important market area for forest machine companies .
answer:
neutral

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Furthermore , sales of new passenger cars and light commercial vehicles in the country declined by 5.4 % year-on-year last month .
answer:
negative