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).

XOM Exxon Mobil
GOOG Google Inc Cl C Cap Stock
GOOGL Google Inc Cl A
CMCSA Comcast Cl'A'
MMM 3M Co
ABT Abbott Laboratories
SBUX Starbucks Corp
WFC Wells Fargo
CSCO Cisco Systems
DD Dupont(E.I.)Denemours
COP ConocoPhillips
MRK Merck & Co
C Citigrp Inc
ACN Accenture PLC (Ireland) NEW
HPQ Hewlett-Packard
FCX Freeport-McMoRan Inc
UPS United Parcel'B'
AXP American Express Co
GS Goldman Sachs Grp
USB US Bancorp
MS MS
TXN Texas Instruments
DVN Devon Energy
SLB Schlumberger Ltd
HAL Halliburton Co
FB Facebook Inc
LMT Lockheed Martin

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