Classify the given a piece of financial news into three classes: positive, negative, and neutral. Output must be 'positive', 'negative', or 'neutral'.
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Question: Net sales increased to EUR193 .3 m from EUR179 .9 m and pretax profit rose by 34.2 % to EUR43 .1 m. ( EUR1 = USD1 .4 )

Answer: positive

Question: Under the agreement , Pfizer has been funding Biotie 's research activities on the PDE10 phosphodiesterase 10 inhibitor program since its start in late 2006 and has the sole authority to develop discovered compounds .

Answer: neutral

Question: The OMX Helsinki index was 0.33 pct lower at 9,364.80 , while the OMX Helsinki CAP portfolio index was down 0.34 pct at 5,029.25 .

Answer:
negative