Is the BAWSAQ stock market separate for different platforms

It seems that the assassination missions Lester gives to Franklin, beginning after the first heist, are the most obvious scripted occurances of stock market fluctuation. Most of these affect LCN, but some are companies on BAWSAQ.

Before each mission, invest in the target's competitor, ideally with multiple characters.

The missions are as follows:

• Hotel Assassination -- invest in BettaPharmaceuticals.
• Redwood Cigarette Assassination -- invest in Debonair Cigarettes.
• Vice Assassination -- invest in Fruit.
• Bus Assassination -- invest in Vapid after the mission. The stock will fall, but then rise again.
• Construction Assassination -- invest in Gold Coast.

Also, there is a random encounter in which you take a gentleman in a suit to the airport. If you get him there on time, he'll tell you to invest in Tickled on the BAWSAQ market. Doing so is a good idea, as this stock will climb rapidly for some time.

Additionally, as noted by other answers, performing actions against a company may increase the value of it's competitors. Examples given include destroying FlyUS planes in order to improve the stock of AirEmu and vice versa. The rivals of a company are summarised well in this answer to another question. However, I've not seen this actually work and fear it may just be a rumour at the games release that has been repeated so many times that everyone accepts it for truth.

Okay, I figured this out.

It's right that before a Lester mission, your BAWSAQ stocks will be the same as the are for a friend.

For example, Betta Pharmaceuticals will show as 660.1 for both of you.

You then do the mission for Lester, and the shares drop to 268.4

However, for your friend they still show as 660.1

Eventually they will go back up to the original value