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 earnings per share for the quarter came in at 0.25 eur , up from the 0.20 eur of the same quarter a year earlier .

Ex Output:
positive

Ex Input:
Compared with the FTSE 100 index , which rose 51.5 points ( or 0.9 % ) on the day , this was a relative price change of -0.6 % .

Ex Output:
neutral

Ex Input:
Operating loss amounted to EUR 0.9 mn in the first half of 2006 compared to a profit of EUR 0.5 mn in the first half of 2005 .

Ex Output:
negative