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).

WFC Wells Fargo
ABT Abbott Laboratories
CMCSA Comcast Cl'A'
MMM 3M Co
GS Goldman Sachs Grp
HPQ Hewlett-Packard
GOOG Google Inc Cl C Cap Stock
COP ConocoPhillips
GOOGL Google Inc Cl A
SBUX Starbucks Corp
ACN Accenture PLC (Ireland) NEW
CSCO Cisco Systems
COF Cap One Finl
MS MS
QCOM Qualcomm Inc
C Citigrp Inc
MET Metlife Inc
AXP American Express Co
NSC Norfolk Southern
GM General Motors Co
APA Apache Corp
CVX Chevron Corporation
IBM Intl Business Machines Corp
DVN Devon Energy
MSFT Microsoft Corp
UTX United Technologies
BMY Bristol-Myers SQUIBB
BIIB Biogen Idec
SLB Schlumberger Ltd
HAL Halliburton Co
EMC EMC Corp
F Ford Motor
FDX FedEx Corp
ABBV AbbVie Inc
INTC Intel Corp

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