LONDON, July 18 Reuters The euro held steady on Thursday, as did euro zone government bond yields after the European Central Bank left interest rates unchanged, and did not signal a cut in September was imminent.

The euro was last at 1.09325, having traded around 1.09278 earlier. Against the pound, the euro was up 0.12 on the day at 84.20 pence, compared with 84.175 pence ahead of the ECB decision.

President Christine Lagarde delivers a press conference at 1245 GMT that could shed more light on the details of the central bank39;s decision and policymakers39; thinking on the likely path for interest rates.

German twoyear bond yields , the most sensitive to changes in expectations for interest rates, were up 1.3 basis points on the day at 2.789, unchanged from where they had traded prior to the decision.

The gap between two and 10year yields narrowed a touch to 34.9 bps from 35.3 bps previously.

European stocks were up 0.4.

Reporting by EMEA Markets Team; Writing by Amanda Cooper; Editing by Alun John

Source Reuters