U.K. equities increased on Tuesday rising for the fifth straight session in a holiday-shortened session before a government report showed that new home sales and durable goods orders in the world's largest economy advanced last month. The broadest FTSE All-share Index gained 0.3%, the Irish benchmark gauge ISEQ Index dropped 0.1% and the FTSE 100 Index jumped 0.4% to 6,702.65.