Company filings, disclosures and news on C T Holdings PLC (CTHR), Industrial Conglomerates on the Colombo Stock Exchange, tagged by theme and scored for sentiment.
The Colombo bourse fell to a near six-month low as the ASPI dropped 0.37% to 20,979.18 and the S&P SL20 fell 0.33% to 5,909.45. Market turnover was over Rs.750m, foreign investors were net buyers of Rs.19.1m, and top ASPI decliners included BREW, MELS, CTHR, CINS and HNB.
CT Land Development appointed Joseph Page as Non-Executive Chairman effective 21 August 2026 and Indira Malwatte as an Independent Non-Executive Director. Page is also a director of parent C T Holdings PLC and other CT Group firms; Malwatte chairs Samson International and sits on the boards of Cargills and Kotmale.
Carson Cumberbatch PLC group bought 20,141,698 ordinary voting shares in C T Holdings PLC on Aug 24-25, representing a 10.05% stake, at between Rs 530-575 per share.
Deals in C T Holdings and Cargills pushed Colombo Stock Exchange turnover to over Rs.16.8 billion, a more-than-one-year high, while the ASPI fell 0.34% to 21,344.77. C T Holdings contributed Rs.11.58bn (10% stake traded) and rose to Rs.550.50; Cargills contributed Rs.4.2bn and closed at Rs.680.75.
Colombo Stock Exchange turnover reached Rs.16.85 billion on Aug 24, driven by negotiated crossings: 20.14m CT Holdings shares at Rs.575 (Rs.11.58bn) and 6.0m Cargills shares at Rs.700 (Rs.4.2bn). CT Holdings holds a 71.18% stake in Cargills.
CT Holdings sold 20.14m shares at Rs575 and Cargills sold 6m shares at Rs700 in a combined divestment worth over Rs15bn, the largest CSE transaction of 2026 and lifting daily turnover to Rs16.85bn. CT closed at Rs550.50 (+4.91%); Cargills at Rs680.75 (-0.8%).
Colombo Stock Exchange closed lower as the ASPI fell 0.34% to 21,344.77, with turnover of 16.85 billion rupees led by Food & Staples Retailing. Large block sales saw CT Holdings 20.14m shares (10%) traded at Rs.575 and Cargills 6m shares (3%) sold at Rs.700.
Colombo market recovered as the ASPI rose 0.07% to 21,418.57 on turnover above Rs.2bn and net foreign inflows of about Rs.471.8m; DIAL, HNB, NDB, DIPD and JKH led gains while BREW, CINS, CARG, CTHR and CCS dragged the index.
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