New Delhi, Nov. 17 -- The Indian stock market benchmark indices, Sensex and Nifty 50, have maintained a healthy upside as the corporate earnings of the second quarter of FY26 surprised on the upside and demonstrated strong resilience.

According to Nithin Kamath, Founder & CEO of Zerodha, better-than-expected Q2 results are likely a key reason why domestic equities are holding up far better than most market bears had anticipated.

In a post on X, Kamath highlighted that over 3,500 companies have declared results so far, with data indicating a broad-based recovery across sectors.

Aggregate revenues for these companies have grown 8.2% year-on-year (YoY), while EBITDA and profit after tax (PAT) are up 14.1% and 16.0%, respectively. Excludin...