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).

MMM 3M Co
DD Dupont(E.I.)Denemours
V Visa Inc
GS Goldman Sachs Grp
ALL Allstate Corp
AAPL Apple Inc
RTN Raytheon Co
BMY Bristol-Myers SQUIBB
LMT Lockheed Martin
ACN Accenture PLC (Ireland) NEW
TXN Texas Instruments
ABT Abbott Laboratories
PM Philip Morris Intl Inc
GD General Dynamics Corp
MA Mastercard Inc
MO Altria Grp
NKE Nike, Inc'B'
UTX United Technologies
PEP Pepsico Inc
GE General Electric
EXC Exelon Corp

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