Market Manipulation: A Deliberate Attempt to Interfere with Market Fairness

Market manipulation is a kind of market abuse where there is a deliberate attempt to interfere with the free and fair operation of the market. This means that someone is trying to artificially influence the price or trading volume of a security, commodity, or currency for their own benefit. They do this by creating a false or misleading impression of the market. Market manipulation is illegal and harmful because it undermines the integrity of the market and can lead to investors making poor decisions based on inaccurate information.