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).

ORCL Oracle Corp
MSFT Microsoft Corp
MA Mastercard Inc
SBUX Starbucks Corp
BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway'B'
CL Colgate-Palmolive Co
XOM Exxon Mobil
HON Honeywell Intl
FOXA Twenty-First Century Fox Inc A
LMT Lockheed Martin
WFC Wells Fargo
GILD Gilead Sciences
BA Boeing Co
CMCSA Comcast Cl'A'
EMR Emerson Electric Co
BK Bank of New York Mellon Corp
UTX United Technologies

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