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).

HON Honeywell Intl
CMCSA Comcast Cl'A'
BK Bank of New York Mellon Corp
AXP American Express Co
APA Apache Corp
BAX Baxter Intl
COP ConocoPhillips
ACN Accenture PLC (Ireland) NEW
COF Cap One Finl
MDLZ Mondelez Int'l Inc Cl A
GOOGL Google Inc Cl A
MCD McDonald's Corp
EMC EMC Corp
GOOG Google Inc Cl C Cap Stock
OXY Occidental Petro
EBAY Ebay Inc
AMZN Amazon.com Inc
T AT&T Inc
LOW Lowe's Cos
GM General Motors Co
V Visa Inc
CL Colgate-Palmolive Co
DVN Devon Energy
CVX Chevron Corporation
IBM Intl Business Machines Corp
MET Metlife Inc
WFC Wells Fargo
AMGN Amgen Inc
FOXA Twenty-First Century Fox Inc A
DIS Disney (Walt) Co
GD General Dynamics Corp
USB US Bancorp
GS Goldman Sachs Grp
VZ Verizon Communications
SBUX Starbucks Corp
CVS CVS Health Corp
PFE Pfizer Inc
MS MS
ABT Abbott Laboratories
UNP Union Pacific Corp
CSCO Cisco Systems
AAPL Apple Inc
MDT Medtronic, Inc
HAL Halliburton Co
FB Facebook Inc
AIG Amer Intl Grp
F Ford Motor
BA Boeing Co
KO Coca-Cola Co
MO Altria Grp
FCX Freeport-McMoRan Inc
PM Philip Morris Intl Inc
BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway'B'
UTX United Technologies
PG Procter & Gamble
C Citigrp Inc
WAG Walgreen Co

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