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).

ABBV AbbVie Inc
MRK Merck & Co
C Citigrp Inc
BIIB Biogen Inc
MMM 3M Co
FDX FedEx Corp
V Visa Inc
NSC Norfolk Southern
MET Metlife Inc
IBM Intl Business Machines Corp
UPS United Parcel'B'
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co
COF Cap One Finl
INTC Intel Corp
QCOM Qualcomm Inc
TGT Target Corp
UTX United Technologies
MSFT Microsoft Corp

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