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).

AXP American Express Co
ACN Accenture PLC (Ireland) NEW
GOOG Alphabet Inc Cl C Cap Stock
USB US Bancorp
GOOGL Alphabet Inc Cl A
GS Goldman Sachs Grp
WFC Wells Fargo
HON Honeywell Intl
C Citigrp Inc
LMT Lockheed Martin Corp
FB Facebook Inc
GILD Gilead Sciences
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co
WMT Wal-Mart Stores
OXY Occidental Petro
F Ford Motor
COF Cap One Finl
ABBV AbbVie Inc
V Visa Inc
HAL Halliburton Co
BK Bank of New York Mellon Corp
RTN Raytheon Co
COP ConocoPhillips
MA Mastercard Inc
MS Morgan Stanley
GD General Dynamics Corp
AMZN Amazon.com Inc
SLB Schlumberger Ltd
BAC Bank of America Corporation
AAPL Apple Inc
ORCL Oracle Corp
BA Boeing Co

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