Consumer Goods Gainers: Skullcandy (NASDAQ:SKUL), Origin Agritech (NASDAQ:SEED), Motorcar Parts of America (NASDAQ:MPAA), China XD Plastics (NASDAQ:CXDC)

The Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of Skullcandy, Inc. (NASDAQ:SKUL) approved entering into a standard form of employment agreement (the “Employment Agreements”) with the Company’s current executive officers, who are S. Hoby Darling, President and Chief Executive Officer, Jason Hodell, Chief Financial Officer, Sam Paschel, Jr., Chief Commercial Officer and Patrick Grosso, Vice President, Strategic Initiatives and Corporate Affairs, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary. Skullcandy Inc (NASDAQ:SKUL) shares after opening at $8.72 moved to $9.21 on last trade day and at the end of the day closed at $9.19. Company price to sales ratio in past twelve months was calculated as 1.23 and price to cash ratio as 6.63. Skullcandy Inc (NASDAQ:SKUL) showed a negative weekly performance of -4.67%.

TheStreet Ratings team rates ORIGIN AGRITECH LTD. (NASDAQ:SEED) as a “sell” with a ratings score of D+.  Origin Agritech Ltd. (NASDAQ:SEED) shares advanced 7.48% in last trading session and ended the day on $ 2.30. SEED return on equity ratio is recorded as 3.20% and its return on assets is 0.60%.  Origin Agritech Ltd. (NASDAQ:SEED) yearly performance is 28.49%.

Motorcar Parts of America (NASDAQ:MPAA) Director Mel Marks sold 22,830 shares of Motorcar Parts of America stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, April 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $26.71, for a total value of $609,789.30. Motorcar Parts of America, Inc. (NASDAQ:MPAA) shares moved up 6.02% in last trading session and was closed at $26.78 while trading in range of $25.37 – $26.89 – Motorcar Parts of America, Inc. (NASDAQ:MPAA) year to date (YTD) performance is 38.76%.

China XD Plastics Company Limited (NASDAQ:CXDC), one of China’s leading specialty chemical players engaged in the development, manufacture, and sale of modified plastics primarily for automotive applications hosted a conference call for fixed income investors on April 2, 2004, at 5:00 p.m. China time / 5:00 a.m. U.S. EST, to discuss business developments over the past year and to outline plans for the years ahead.  China XD Plastics Co Ltd (NASDAQ:CXDC) weekly performance is 6.68%. On last trading day company shares ended up $5.75.  China XD Plastics Co Ltd (NASDAQ:CXDC) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is 16.16%.