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).

CMCSA Comcast Cl'A'
AIG Amer Intl Grp
CAT Caterpillar Inc
DOW Dow Chemical
MON Monsanto Co
IBM Intl Business Machines Corp
UNH UnitedHealth Grp Inc
MET Metlife Inc
HON Honeywell Intl
GOOGL Google Inc Cl A
GOOG Google Inc Cl C Cap Stock
JNJ Johnson & Johnson
DD Dupont(E.I.)Denemours
AXP American Express Co
UNP Union Pacific Corp
PFE Pfizer Inc
SLB Schlumberger Ltd
BIIB Biogen Idec
GD General Dynamics Corp
HAL Halliburton Co
NOV National Oilwell Varco Inc
TXN Texas Instruments
ABT Abbott Laboratories
UTX United Technologies
BA Boeing Co
C Citigrp Inc
TGT Target Corp
COP ConocoPhillips
APA Apache Corp
FOXA Twenty-First Century Fox Inc A
DIS Disney (Walt) Co
APC Anadarko Petro
DVN Devon Energy
GE General Electric
HPQ Hewlett-Packard
MS MS
CVX Chevron Corporation
WFC Wells Fargo
XOM Exxon Mobil
BAC Bank of America Corporation
BMY Bristol-Myers SQUIBB
EMR Emerson Electric Co
COF Cap One Finl
GS Goldman Sachs Grp
NSC Norfolk Southern
AAPL Apple Inc
HD Home Depot Inc
MRK Merck & Co
LLY Lilly (Eli)
CVS CVS Health Corp
NKE Nike, Inc'B'

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