TOKYO (AFX-ASIA) - The dollar was mixed in midafternoon trade with little fresh to drive the currency strongly up or down after its recent consolidatory moves and with Hong Kong investors absent from the market, dealers said. Citibank foreign exchange dealer Satoshi Shirota said the market was "very, very quiet", with Hong Kong investors away for the day due to a typhoon and few new leads for investors. "Someone bought a big amount of dollars by 10 o'clock but after that it's been quiet," Shirota said, adding that the purchase seemed to be commercially driven. The dollar is facing downward pressure from "the economic environment in the US and the emerging currencies, like in Argentina," though for now the currency is likely to stay within its 122-125 yen range, Shirota said. He said the market is waiting for the results of US GDP figures this week and the Japanese Upper House elections at the end of the month.