Indian Stock Market - A Manipulative Market ?

Yes indeed a latest artical in Daily Express here in london....the "BRIC" were being criticised (May be just because the FTSE dsnt yield that much they are jealous about India)

I agree to the fact that the system has a faulty Base. 

the reason however can be Corruption and Potholes which the government ignores in finding the culprits...

the best example is Raju....

in a book on corporate finance the author there said that MacD in US stock exchange was alleged to creative accounting and enjoyed high share price for a longer time however when it was disclosed that its just mere creative accounting the share prices suffered. which means even techniques like Creative Accounting  can cause pressure to a good health Base of a stock market.

but in a nut shell yes we do have a faulty base.

Mr. Vipin, the indian market are mostly manipulated.

I agree with the comments of Jyoti Rath below.

If satyam counts below at Rs. 10/- with more then a decade upside average of 100`s or 000`s.

The majority portion of Indian stocks are manipulated.

It has to be manipulative.    The trade in the Stock Market is based on perception, market reports, and prospects.    Like every individual in any market is keen to making money and as much as possible, so also the people who trade in the stock market.   Those who can infulence the price, would want volatality in the stock prices so that every time they hit to buy, they can buy cheap, and whenever they intend to sell, they can sell high, thus making a good profit.    It does not mean that the financial datas of a company or industry has no relevance, it does, but follow the discouting ratio, it is different for different companies, and sometimes can be stuningly disproportionate.    Pushing down and pushing up the stock prices is undoubtedly an important activity for those who are trading in stock, and they would continue to do.  

I think yes, and most stock analysts and media-people refer to as a free fall in the stock prices, can also be referred to as manipulation on the part of a consortium comprising of major stock brokers, operators, FII’s and other institutional investors. In the past how many times have we seen like, when the markets reopened for trading after an on account of the indices hitting the lower circuit, most of the brokers terminals were frozen for buying.

What this meant was that investors who had funds were unable to buy shares at the lower levels. However, these same investors were allowed to sell, thus indicating that while the smaller investors were being allowed to sell off their stocks at lower prices, they were prevented from making taking advantage of the low prices. However, the stock prices began to rise from the day’s lows, thus indicating that ‘someone’ was definitely buying stocks at lower prices.

How come this discriminatory treatment towards the small investors? Why is he allowed to sell his stocks at lower prices, but not allowed to join the party by buying at lower levels. This clearly reflects that the markets were being manipulated by the cartels comprising of brokers, operators.

it always seem to be manipulative. it is very risky than other investments. sometimes running without fundamentals or technicals.