Teacher:Classify the given a piece of financial news into three classes: positive, negative, and neutral. Output must be 'positive', 'negative', or 'neutral'.
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? Solve this instance: The real estate company posted a net loss of + x201a -o 59.3 million + x201a -o 0.21 per share compared with a net profit of + x201a -o 31 million + x201a -o 0.11 per share for the corresponding quarter of 2007 .
Student:
negative