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

[EX Q]: Both operating profit and sales for the three-month period increased , respectively from EUR0 .3 m and EUR13 .1 m , as compared to the corresponding period in 2005 .
[EX A]: positive

[EX Q]: Profit per share was EUR 1.03 , up from EUR 0.87 .
[EX A]: positive

[EX Q]: Earnings per share EPS amounted to EUR0 .03 , up from the loss of EUR0 .08 .
[EX A]:
positive