10 stocks with high dividend yield even in this market

The dividend yield for stocks including IL&FS Investment, NHPC and Coal India is around 7%

With benchmark Sensex gaining 10 per cent and the broad-market BSE 500 index rally 15 per cent so far this year, investors are complaining about lack of good investment opportunities. The valuations for high growth stocks have turned lofty, while a bubble seems to be building in many mid-cap and small-cap segments. 

Given this scenario, conservative investors can look at stocks that offer high dividends. If markets go into correction mode, experts say, high dividend yield stocks can help minimise losses. The dividend yield for stocks including IL&FS Investment, NHPC and Coal India is around seven per cent —higher than