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).

USB US Bancorp
DIS Disney (Walt) Co
CMCSA Comcast Cl'A'
IBM Intl Business Machines Corp
AXP American Express Co
GOOGL Google Inc Cl A
ACN Accenture PLC (Ireland) NEW
GOOG Google Inc Cl C Cap Stock
BK Bank of New York Mellon Corp
MET Metlife Inc
BA Boeing Co
UTX United Technologies
BIIB Biogen Idec
ABBV AbbVie Inc
UNH UnitedHealth Grp Inc
UNP Union Pacific Corp
BMY Bristol-Myers SQUIBB
FDX FedEx Corp
QCOM Qualcomm Inc
TWX Time Warner
SBUX Starbucks Corp
UPS United Parcel'B'
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co
WFC Wells Fargo
MRK Merck & Co
MMM 3M Co
CL Colgate-Palmolive Co
COF Cap One Finl
AAPL Apple Inc
NSC Norfolk Southern
PEP Pepsico Inc
HON Honeywell Intl
VZ Verizon Communications
C Citigrp Inc
JNJ Johnson & Johnson
EMR Emerson Electric Co
AIG Amer Intl Grp
GE General Electric
PFE Pfizer Inc
XOM Exxon Mobil
T AT&T Inc
NKE Nike, Inc'B'
RTN Raytheon Co
GILD Gilead Sciences
MSFT Microsoft Corp
TGT Target Corp
INTC Intel Corp
DOW Dow Chemical
EMC EMC Corp
AMGN Amgen Inc
BAC Bank of America Corporation
LMT Lockheed Martin
MS MS
CVX Chevron Corporation
GD General Dynamics Corp

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