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

Ex Input:
The transaction is expected to be completed next spring .

Ex Output:
neutral

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

Ex Output:
positive

Ex Input:
Revenue in the quarter fell 8 percent to ( EURO ) 2.4 billion compared to a year earlier .

Ex Output:
negative