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).

GS Goldman Sachs Grp
ABT Abbott Laboratories
COP ConocoPhillips
HPQ Hewlett-Packard
DVN Devon Energy
TXN Texas Instruments
CMCSA Comcast Cl'A'
WFC Wells Fargo
USB US Bancorp
MRK Merck & Co
GOOG Google Inc Cl C Cap Stock
COF Cap One Finl
ACN Accenture PLC (Ireland) NEW
GM General Motors Co
XOM Exxon Mobil
CSCO Cisco Systems
MMM 3M Co
GOOGL Google Inc Cl A
UNH UnitedHealth Grp Inc
SBUX Starbucks Corp
MS MS
UPS United Parcel'B'
EMC EMC Corp
MET Metlife Inc
FCX Freeport-McMoRan Inc
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co
BMY Bristol-Myers SQUIBB
MDT Medtronic, Inc
CVS CVS Caremark Corporation
IBM Intl Business Machines Corp
V Visa Inc
NKE Nike, Inc'B'
AXP American Express Co
NSC Norfolk Southern
MDLZ Mondelez Int'l Inc Cl A
QCOM Qualcomm Inc
GD General Dynamics Corp
MA Mastercard Inc
TGT Target Corp
INTC Intel Corp
LLY Lilly (Eli)
SPG Simon Ppty Grp

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