Live blog | Welcome to the Financial Review reporting season blog. Companies due to report today include: ■ Specialty Fashion ■ Boart Longyear ■ AWE ■ Auckland International Airport.

2.20pm: Blackmores Australia has reported an almost 2 per cent rise in net profit after tax for the year after sales increased 6.2 per cent from a year ago to $346.8 million. The company described its second half as stronger. The company will pay a final, fully-franked dividend of 83¢ a share on October 3.