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

Example Input: Diluted earnings per share ( EPS ) declined to EUR 0.78 from EUR 1.76 .
Example Output: negative

Example Input: ADPnews - Feb 5 , 2010 - Finnish real estate investor Sponda Oyj HEL : SDA1V said today that it slipped to a net loss of EUR 81.5 million USD 11.8 m in 2009 from a profit of EUR 29.3 million in 2008 .
Example Output: negative

Example Input: Performance is based on values and sustainability .
Example Output:
neutral