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).

MA Mastercard Inc
HON Honeywell Intl
MET Metlife Inc
MS Morgan Stanley
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co
PFE Pfizer Inc
UTX United Technologies
GS Goldman Sachs Grp
ABT Abbott Laboratories
AAPL Apple Inc
BAX Baxter Intl Inc
USB US Bancorp
MSFT Microsoft Corp
WFC Wells Fargo
MDT Medtronic plc
MON Monsanto Co
RTN Raytheon Co
AIG Amer Intl Grp
AMZN Amazon.com Inc
KO Coca-Cola Co
UPS United Parcel'B'
ALL Allstate Corp
COF Cap One Finl
INTC Intel Corp
ACN Accenture PLC (Ireland) NEW
QCOM Qualcomm Inc
AMGN Amgen Inc
DVN Devon Energy
FOXA Twenty-First Century Fox Inc A
GILD Gilead Sciences
BAC Bank of America Corporation
ORCL Oracle Corp
CVS CVS Health Corp
EMR Emerson Electric Co
IBM Intl Business Machines Corp
CL Colgate-Palmolive Co
EBAY Ebay Inc
NOV National Oilwell Varco Inc
FDX FedEx Corp
COST(F) Costco Wholesale Corp
XOM Exxon Mobil
BK Bank of New York Mellon Corp
GM General Motors Co
TXN Texas Instruments
FB Facebook Inc

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