New York, March 22 (BridgeNews) - NYMEX crude futures ended lower Thursday despite gains in nearby gasoline and heating oil futures amid ongoing concern about a slowing economy, and that Mexico will not cooperate with OPEC's output cut of 1 million barrels per day starting April 1. May crude settled down 26 cents at $26.54 a barrel, although nearby Apr heating oil settled up 102 points at 72.63c a gallon and Apr gasoline settled up 73 points at 90.96c a gallon.