mumbai june 2 reuters  the indian rupee rose to a more than 2week high on friday helped by the dollars decline against its major peers and asian currencies on mounting expectations that the federal reserve will not hike rates this month the rupee was at 823525 against the us dollar by 11 am ist compared to 824050 on thursday it had reached a high of 8231 the highest since may 17 the usdinr pair falling below 8250 is a sign of weakness in the uptrend and shortterm traders will now be watching 8230 levels said dilip parmar research analyst at hdfc securities the usdinr is managing to take support at 8230 which is to be expected after the relatively quick move lower and with us jobs data on tap an fx spot trader at a private bank said us jobs report due later in the day is expected to show that the worlds largest economy added 190000 jobs last month the unemployment rate is forecast to inch up and wage growth is pegged at 03 monthonmonth any positive surprise could put a june fed rate hike back in the mix according to analysts odds of a rate hike this month have come off on less hawkish remarks from two fed policymakers and an article in the wall street journal that said the us central bank will pause pressured by this the dollar index pulled back on thursday asian currencies were higher on the day