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).

BA Boeing Co
MET Metlife Inc
HD Home Depot Inc
V Visa Inc
WFC Wells Fargo
LOW Lowe's Cos
GD General Dynamics Corp
NKE Nike, Inc'B'
MMM 3M Co
DIS Disney (Walt) Co
AIG Amer Intl Grp
UPS United Parcel'B'
T AT&T Inc
XOM Exxon Mobil
BMY Bristol-Myers SQUIBB
ABT Abbott Laboratories
QCOM Qualcomm Inc
BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway'B'
AXP American Express Co
GILD Gilead Sciences
GE General Electric
C Citigrp Inc
FB Facebook Inc
HON Honeywell Intl
MSFT Microsoft Corp
COP ConocoPhillips
TXN Texas Instruments
USB US Bancorp
FOXA Twenty-First Century Fox Inc A
CVX Chevron Corporation
CVS CVS Health Corp
MS MS
OXY Occidental Petro
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co
MA Mastercard Inc
EMR Emerson Electric Co
INTC Intel Corp
MON Monsanto Co
BK Bank of New York Mellon Corp
AMGN Amgen Inc
SLB Schlumberger Ltd
BAC Bank of America Corporation
GS Goldman Sachs Grp
UNH UnitedHealth Grp Inc
ACN Accenture PLC (Ireland) NEW
CL Colgate-Palmolive Co
UNP Union Pacific Corp
BIIB Biogen Idec
MO Altria Grp
JNJ Johnson & Johnson
LLY Lilly (Eli)
COST Costco Wholesale
AMZN Amazon.com Inc
ALL Allstate Corp
NOV National Oilwell Varco Inc
HPQ Hewlett-Packard
SPG Simon Ppty Grp

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