At the time of writing, Range is currently up 5%, and so has...

At the time of writing, Range is currently up 5%, and so has gained back most of its losses from yesterday.

Is this manipulation too ragingboom? Or does that only apply when the price is falling?

If even half of what some people thought about manipulation was true, there'd be no point doing research on the fundamentals of a company, or looking at the charts for a decent investment point, as whether you made profits would depend entirely on whether the MM's decided to raise the price or not after you bought.