If the stock market can move sectors and stocks, which sectors and stocks are most likely to move in step with the stock market? Sectors and individual stocks most highly correlated to the overall market can use the S&P 500 SPDR ETF (SPY) as a directional indicator.

The following individual stocks are most correlated the S&P 500 SPDR ETF (SPY).

AIG Amer Intl Group
GM General Motors Company
SLB Schlumberger Ltd
DD Dupont(E.I.)Denemours
BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway'B'
UPS United Parcel'B'
JNJ Johnson & Johnson
F Ford Motor
ABT Abbott Laboratories
PFE Pfizer Inc
MMM 3M Co
V Visa Inc
WFC Wells Fargo
COF Capital One Financial
EMR Emerson Electric Co
HD Home Depot Inc
NKE Nike, Inc'B'
TXN Texas Instruments
USB US Bancorp
EMC EMC Corp
SBUX Starbucks Corp
FDX FedEx Corp
CSCO Cisco Systems
NOV National Oilwell Varco Inc
APC Anadarko Petroleum
C Citigroup Inc
UTX United Technologies
BK Bank Of New York
MET Metlife Inc
IBM Intl Business Machines Corp
GOOG Google Inc Cl A
FCX Freeport-McMoRan Copper&Gold B
CVX Chevron Corporation
GD General Dynamics Corp
TGT Target Corp
DIS Disney (Walt) Co
XOM Exxon Mobil
OXY Occidental Petroleum
CAT Caterpillar Inc
NSC Norfolk Southern

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