For stock screening Indian retail investors have relied on third-party platforms for years. Screener.in, Tickertape, and a handful of broker-built tools have quietly become the default research layer sitting on top of exchange data. The National Stock Exchange (NSE) has now launched its own screening platform, called Market Lens, and it’s currently live in beta at marketlens.nseindia.com.
If you’ve been using third-party stock screening platforms and are confused whether it’s worth switching ,here’s a breakdown of what Market Lens actually offers.
What Is NSE Market Lens?
Market Lens is a stock screening tool built and hosted directly by NSE, letting investors filter and analyze more than 2,000 listed stocks using data sourced straight from the exchange rather than a third-party aggregator. It’s also being rolled out inside the official NSE India mobile app as a dedicated “Market Lens” section, alongside the existing Portfolio and Watchlist features.
The core idea is simple: instead of hopping between the exchange’s own market data and a separate screening website, investors can filter, sort, and shortlist stocks in one place, using data that comes directly from the source.
Key Features of Market Lens
1. Screening Across 2,000+ Stocks
The tool covers 2000+ NSE listed companies, letting users apply multiple filters and criteria at once to narrow down a large list into a manageable shortlist, the same basic workflow that’s made platforms like Screener.in popular among fundamental investors.
2. Sector-Based Exploration
Rather than filtering the entire market every time, Market Lens lets users browse by sector Banking, IT, Pharma, Auto, and others with a single click. This is particularly useful for investors who want to compare companies within one industry rather than screen the whole exchange at once.
3. Custom saveable screens
Apart from the built-in presets, users can build their own filter combinations based on their specific investment approach, value, growth, momentum, dividend-focused, or anything in between and save those screens for repeat use. This turns Market Lens from a one-off search tool into something closer to a personal research workflow.
4. Ready-Made Presets
For traders who don’t want to build filters from scratch, the platform includes a set of popular pre-built screens to get started quickly, which can then be saved as a starting template.
How does it compare to Screener.in, Chartink, and Tickertape?
This is the question most existing users are actually asking, and it’s worth being upfront. Market Lens is new and still in beta, so it doesn’t yet have the years of community-built query flexibility that Screener.in offers, or the technical/candlestick-pattern depth that Chartink is known for among traders.
What it does have is a direct data advantage. Since it’s built and maintained by the exchange itself, there’s one less step between raw market data and what shows up on your screen, potentially reducing the small data discrepancies that can creep in when third-party platforms pull and reprocess exchange data on their own schedules.
Is Market Lens Worth Using Right Now?
Given that it’s still in beta, it’s reasonable to treat Market Lens as an early-stage tool rather than a full replacement for whatever you’re using today. Expect the platform to add features as it comes out of beta phase, more advanced technical screens and refinements to existing presets are the most likely next steps based on how similar tools have evolved.
Final Thoughts
NSE launching its own screener is a meaningful shift in how Indian retail investors will do stock research going forward. It won’t immediately replace established platforms, but it will add a credible, exchange-backed option to the toolkit and having more competition in this space is generally good news for investors, since it tends to push every platform toward better data and features.
Disclosure: This post is for informational purposes only and describes a publicly available screening tool. It is not investment advice.
