Day's change in absolute and percentage on Kite

Wed, 20 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The day’s change column on the Kite marketwatch shows how far the scrip has moved from the previous trading day’s closing price. Kite displays both the absolute change (in rupees) and the percentage change, with colour coding (green for positive, red for negative). This article covers the calculation, the column toggle, and the corner cases.

Calculation

For any tradable instrument:

Absolute change = LTP - Previous close.
Percentage change = ((LTP - Previous close) / Previous close) x 100.

Where:

How to fix Day's change showing incorrect vs previous close on Kite

Wed, 20 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

When the day’s change column on the Kite marketwatch shows a value that does not match what you compute by subtracting the LTP from the previous close, the cause is almost always a corporate-action adjustment, a session phase issue, or a brief data-feed lag.

Conflict-of-interest disclosure. This guide is published by the WebNotes Editorial Team for informational purposes and is written independently. WebNotes operates a Zerodha account-opening referral programme, disclosed on the pages that carry the referral link; this guide does not carry it and earns no referral commission from the procedure described here.

Day Change on WebNotes

Day's change in absolute and percentage on Kite

Calculation

How to fix Day's change showing incorrect vs previous close on Kite