Top 20 US Stock Transactions: Starbucks Stock Price Surges by Over 24%, Achieving the Largest Single Day Increase in History. Starbucks closed up 24.50%, achieving the largest single day increase in history, with a transaction volume of $14.407 billion. Starbucks announced on Tuesday that Brian Niccol, CEO of Chipotle, will replace the company's current CEO Laxman Narasimhan in response to declining sales.