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

Let me give you an example: According to Gran , the company has no plans to move all production to Russia , although that is where the company is growing .
The answer to this example can be: neutral
Here is why: Although the author uses negative words like 'no' in the news, there is no evidence of the news being positive or negative for any stakeholder. Hence, the output should be neutral and the classification is correct.

OK. solve this:
Finnish silicon wafer technology company Okmetic Oyj OMX Helsinki : OKM1V reported on Thursday 30 October an operating profit of EUR7 .4 m for January-September 2008 , up from EUR6 .1 m in the corresponding period in 2007 .
Answer:
positive