Japan's Nikkei 225 index shed 1.6%, South Korea's Kospi index fell 1.4%, while Australia's ASX 200 lost 1.2%.
Taiwan's main market shed 0.8% despite opening higher after its President was re-elected for a second term. Analysts have warned that markets would remain volatile in 2012 until the eurozone issues were resolved.
On Friday, S&P's said France was being downgraded one notch, to AA+. France still has a top AAA rating from the other two main ratings agencies, Moody's and Fitch.
S&P's also cut its ratings for Italy, Spain, Cyprus, Portugal, Austria, Slovakia, Slovenia and Malta.
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