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

Q: In the building and home improvement trade , sales decreased by 22.5 % to EUR 201.4 mn .

A: negative
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Q: '' Residentialconstruction in particular has picked up in several markets .

A: positive
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Q: The OMX Nordic 40 OMXN40 index , comprising the 40 most traded Nordic stocks on the Nasdaq OMX exchange , closed down 0.87 % at 1,064.14 points on Thursday .

A:
negative
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